Oregraphic clouds in terrain-blocked flows: An idealized modeling modeling study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3460-3478

  Galewsky, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DEFORMATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT; WAVES;

BLOCKED FLOWS; CLOUD FORMATIONS; FLOW PARAMETERS; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; ICE CLOUDS; LEE WAVES; MODELING STUDIES; NONDIMENSIONAL; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OROGRAPHIC CLOUDS; ROSSBY RADIUSES; STRATIFIED FLOWS;

RIVERS;

CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEE WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; STRATIFIED FLOW; WATER CONTENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 58049119992     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2435.1     Document Type: Article

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