Influence of lee waves on the near-surface flow downwind of the Pennines

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 627, 2007, Pages 1353-1369

  Sheridan, Peter F ^a   Horlacher, V ^a   Rooney, G G ^a   Hignett, P ^a   Mobbs, S D ^b   Vosper, Simon B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automatic weather station; Flow separation; Microbarograph; Orography

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SEPARATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION; LEE WAVES; MICROBAROGRAPH; NEAR-SURFACE FLOW DOWNWIND; OROGRAPHY;

WIND;

LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE WIND; TRAPPED WAVE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35548980782     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.110     Document Type: Article

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