The interaction of simulated squall lines with idealized mountain ridges

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1919-1941

  Frame, Jeffrey W ^a   Markowski, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC JUMP; LANDFORMS; RAIN; TRANSITION FLOW; WIND;

MOUNTAIN RIDGES; OROGRAPHIC ASCENT; SQUALL LINES; UPDRAFT STRENGTH;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

CLOUD; MOUNTAIN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SIMULATION; SQUALL LINE;

EID: 33746932464     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3157.1     Document Type: Article

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