Three-dimensional idealized simulations of barrier jets along the southeast coast of Alaska

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 391-413

  Olson, Joseph Brian ^a,b   Colle, Brian A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BARRIER JETS; COASTAL TERRAINS; COLD POOLS; GRID-SPACINGS; IMPINGING FLOWS; MESOSCALE MODELS; PARALLEL FLOWS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITIES; STATIC STABILITIES; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL WIND SHEARS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

FROUDE NUMBER; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LANDFORMS; MESH GENERATION; SPEED; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND EFFECTS;

JETS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD POOL; FROUDE NUMBER; JET; OUTFLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64149131138     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2480.1     Document Type: Article

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