Numerical simulation and observational analysis of the bora of Pag's ribs

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-366

  Trošić, Tanja ^a   Trošić, Živko ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bora; MM5 numerical model; Pag island area (Croatia); Severe bora episode

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; AUTOMATIC STATION; CROATIA; CROSS DIRECTIONS; LOWER BOUNDARY; MEAN WIND SPEED; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PV GENERATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WAVEBREAKING; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KATABATIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PREDICTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

CROATIA; PAG;

EID: 76649108542     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9439-6     Document Type: Article

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