An investigation into the sensitivity of idealised vortex interactions to initial conditions and island topography

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Luo, Zhexian ^a   Liu, Chongjian ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

INITIAL CONDITIONS; ISLAND TOPOGRAPHY; VORTEX INTERACTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ISLAND; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VORTEX;

EID: 33644611147     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024543     Document Type: Article

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