Structure and dynamics of katabatic flow jumps: Idealised simulations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 527-555

  Yu, Ye ^a   Cai, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Entrainment process; Gravity waves; Hydraulic theory; Katabatic jump; Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

ADVECTION; KATABATIC FLOW JUMPS; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

ENTRAINMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; GRAVITY WAVE; HEAT BUDGET; KATABATIC FLOW; SIMULATION;

ANTARCTICA; COATS LAND; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33746189860     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-6433-5     Document Type: Article

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