High-resolution simulations of lee waves and downslope winds over the Sierra Nevada during T-REX IOP 6

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1333-1352

  Sheridan, Peter ^a   Vosper, Simon ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Complex terrain; Downslope winds; Gravity waves; Orographic effects; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DOWNSLOPE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; WAVEBREAKING;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS;

WIND;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; COMPLEX TERRAIN; GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864848266     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0207.1     Document Type: Article

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