Coriolis effects in homogeneous and inhomogeneous katabatic flows

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 631 PART B, 2008, Pages 353-370

  Shapiro, Alan ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Planar slope; Stably stratified fluid; Viscous fluid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

CONVERGENT FLOW; PLANAR SLOPE; STABLY-STRATIFIED FLUID;

WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; CONVERGENCE; CORIOLIS FORCE; LAMINAR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLUID; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 44349108860     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.217     Document Type: Article

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