Observations of cross-ridge flows across steep terrain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 633 B, 2008, Pages 801-816

  Lewis, Huw W ^a,c   Mobbs, S D ^a   Lehning, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bernoulli function; Gaudex; Microbarograph; Orography

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRADIENT METHODS; LANDFORMS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPEED; TURBULENCE; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BERNOULLI FUNCTION; DENSE NETWORKS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; FLOW SPEEDS; GAUDEX; LINEAR SPEED-UP; MICROBAROGRAPH; NORMAL FLOWS; OROGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; RIDGE FLOWS; SWITZERLAND; LINEAR SPEEDS; TRIANGULAR CROSS SECTIONS;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETRY; FLOW VELOCITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TURBULENCE; WEATHER STATION; WIND MEASUREMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 48649086585     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.259     Document Type: Article

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