The descending stratified flow and internal hydraulic jump in the lee of the Sierras

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1955-2011

  Armi, Laurence ^a   Mayr, Georg J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLOUD RADAR; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE IMAGES; SIERRA NEVADA; STRATIFIED FLOWS; UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING KING AIRS; WAVE RESPONSE; WEATHER STATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC JUMP; HYDRODYNAMICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIR MASS; LEE WAVE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATIFIED FLOW; WEATHER STATION; WESTERLY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81355139225     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05005.1     Document Type: Article

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