Wind direction effects on orographic drag

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 632, 2008, Pages 689-701

  Wells, Helen ^a   Vosper, S B ^a   Ross, A N ^b   Brown, A R ^a   Webster, S ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow blocking; Gravity waves; Mountain wakes; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASPECT RATIO; DRAG; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VORTEX FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND EFFECTS;

CORIOLIS EFFECTS; EFFECT OF WIND DIRECTIONS; FLOW BLOCKING; FLOW LENGTHS; HIGH MOUNTAINS; LARGE RANGES; LINEAR THEORIES; MAJOR AXIS; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; MOUNTAIN WAKES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PARAMETRIZATION; PRESSURE FORCES; PRIMARY EFFECTS; ROSSBY NUMBERS; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; UPSTREAM FLOWS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

LANDFORMS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; DRAG; FLOW FIELD; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; ROSSBY NUMBER; SIMULATION; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAVE BREAKING; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 55349137060     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.247     Document Type: Article

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