Numerical simulation of katabatic flow with changing slope angle

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3065-3080

  Smith, Craig M ^a   Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEM (ARPS) MODEL; KATABATIC SLOPE FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES) MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY;

METEOROLOGY;

KATABATIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 28944447615     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2982.1     Document Type: Article

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