An atmospheric gravitational vortex as a flow object: Improvement of the three-layer model

Geofizika

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Nižetić, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Gravitational vortex; Numerical modelling; Solar chimney

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; FRICTION; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER PLANT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE; VORTEX;

EID: 77957897674     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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