The thermally driven cross-basin circulation in idealized basins under varying wind conditions

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1026-1045

  Lehner, Manuela ^a   Whiteman, C David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Complex terrain; Diurnal effects; Large eddy simulations

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COUNTER-ROTATING CELLS; DIURNAL EFFECTS; HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; NEUTRALLY STRATIFIED; RETURN FLOW; ROTATION AXES; SLOPE INCLINATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL ASYMMETRY; THERMAL CELL; THERMALLY DRIVEN; WIND CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CELLS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND;

CYTOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84864913482     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0181.1     Document Type: Article

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