Katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 571, Issue , 2007, Pages 149-175

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITY WAVES; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND;

KATABATIC FLOW; PERTURBATION BUOYANCY; THERMODYNAMIC ENERGY; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY WAVES; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRANDTL NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; GRAVITY WAVE; KATABATIC FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33846090592     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003302     Document Type: Article

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