On the diurnal variation of mountain waves

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1360-1377

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a   Doyle, James D ^b  

^a University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FARM BUILDINGS; FLOW PATTERNS; FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; MODULATION; MOMENTUM; SURFACE POTENTIAL; WAVES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM (COAMPS); DEEP WELLS; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; FROUDE NUMBER (FR); MESO SCALE; MIXED LAYERING; MOMENTUM FLUXES; MOUNTAIN WAVES; SHAPE FACTORS; SHEAR LAYERS; SUPER-CRITICAL; SURFACE WINDS; WAVE DRAGS;

DRAG;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; FROUDE NUMBER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

EID: 45849098757     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2460.1     Document Type: Article

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