The intense lee-wave rotor event of Sierra Rotors IOP 8

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4178-4201

  Grubišić, Vanda ^a   Billings, Brian J ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

AMBIENT WIND; EASTERLY FLOW; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; LEE-WAVE ROTOR; MOUNTAIN WAVES; TURBULENT ROTOR;

WIND;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

DIURNAL VARIATION; EASTERLY WAVE; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; OROGRAPHY; WESTERLY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349177988     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAS2008.1     Document Type: Article

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