Mountain waves in two-layer sheared flows: Critical-level effects, wave reflection and drag enhancement

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1912-1926

  Teixeira, Miguel A C ^a   Miranda, Pedro M A ^a   Argaín, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FILTRATION; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REFLECTION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEARING MACHINES; WAVES;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); CONSTANT SHEAR; CRITICAL LEVELS; DIRECTIONAL SHEAR; DRAG BEHAVIOR; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; HIGH RI; HYDROSTATIC CONDITIONS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; LINEAR THEORIES; MOUNTAIN WAVES; NON-LINEAR PROCESSING; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBER (RI); SHEAR DISCONTINUITY; SHEAR LAYERS; TWO LAYERS; UNIDIRECTIONAL (UD); WAVE FILTERING; WAVE REFLECTIONS; WAVE-NUMBERS; WIND PROFILING;

DRAG;

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW; WAVE REFLECTION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 45849136026     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2577.1     Document Type: Article

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