Analytical investigation on 3D non-Boussinesq mountain wave drag for wind profiles with vertical variations

Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Tang, Jin Yuan ^a   Tang, Jie ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Circular bell shaped mountain; Gravity wave drag (GWD); Wentzel Kramers Brillouin (WKB) approximation; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE EFFECTS;

GRAVITY WAVE DRAG (GWD); WIND SHEAR;

WIND;

EID: 38149011324     PISSN: 02534827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10483-007-0305-z     Document Type: Article

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