Resonant gravity-wave drag enhancement in linear stratified flow over mountains

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 609, 2005, Pages 1795-1814

  Teixeira, M A C ^a   Miranda, P M A ^a   Argain, J L ^b   Valente, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

High drag states; Linear theory; Mountain waves

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; VELOCITY; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

HIGH-DRAG STATES; LINEAR THEORY; MOUNTAIN WAVES; WIND SPEEDS;

METEOROLOGY;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 27644531908     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.154     Document Type: Article

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