Continuously stratified flows across an Alpine crest with a pass: Shallow and deep föhn

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 623, 2007, Pages 459-477

  Armi, Laurence ^a   Mayr, Georg J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gap flow; Hydraulics; MAP

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; RADIOSONDES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GAP FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOWS; STRATIFIED FLUID; STRATIFIED HYDRAULICS;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; FOEHN; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 34247245678     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.22     Document Type: Article

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