A linear model of gravity wave drag for hydrostatic sheared flow over elliptical mountains

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 620, 2006, Pages 2439-2458

  Teixeira, M A C ^a   Miranda, P M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Linear theory; Mountain waves; WKB approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; LINEAR THEORY; MOUNTAIN WAVES; MOUNTAINS; OROGRAPHY;

GRAVITY WAVES;

AIRFLOW; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RICHARDSON NUMBER; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 33751518564     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.220     Document Type: Article

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