On the momentum fluxes associated with mountain waves in directionally sheared flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3419-3433

  Teixeira, Miguel A C ^a   Miranda, Pedro M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS; SHEAR FLOW;

ANALYTICAL FORMS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONTOUR INTEGRATION; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; NONLINEAR NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PERFECT ABSORBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES;

MOMENTUM;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE MOTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; WAVE BREAKING; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 73549089727     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3065.1     Document Type: Article

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