The low-level katabatic jet height versus Monin-Obukhov height

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 629 B, 2007, Pages 2133-2136

  Grisogono, B ^a   Kraljevic L ^b   Jericevic A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Drainage flows; Katabatic wind; Prandtl model; Scaling; Stable ABL

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; DRAINAGE FLOWS; KATABATIC WIND; PRANDTL MODEL;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; KATABATIC FLOW; MESOSCALE MOTION; PARAMETERIZATION; TERRAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38849204204     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.190     Document Type: Article

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