The effect of upstream wind direction on atmospheric flow in the vicinity of a large mountain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 607, 2005, Pages 1113-1128

  Petersen, Gudrún Nína ^a,b,c   Kristjánsson, Jón Egill ^a   Ólafsson, Haraldur ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Barrier jet; Corner wind; Greenland; Low Rossby number; Orographic blocking; Orographic wake; Surface pressure drag; Tip jet

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEA LEVEL; WAKES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BARRIER JET; CORNER WIND; LOW ROSSBY NUMBER; OROGRAPHIC BLOCKING; OROGRAPHIC WAKE; SURFACE PRESSURE DRAG; TIP JET; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW OVER SURFACE; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; ROSSBY NUMBER; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 27644591948     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.01     Document Type: Article

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