Gravity wave momentum flux in directional shear flows over three-dimensional mountains: Linear and nonlinear numerical solutions as compared to linear analytical solutions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7670-7681

  Xu, Xin ^a,b   Xue, Ming ^a,b,c   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

directional flow; mountain waves; nonlinear waves; numerical simulation; wave momentum flux

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MOMENTUM; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAVES;

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEM MODELS; DIRECTIONAL FLOW; GRAVITY WAVE MOMENTUM; MOUNTAIN WAVE; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL VALIDATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX;

SHEAR FLOW;

DIVERGENCE; FLOW STRUCTURE; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVE; HEIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOMENTUM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEAR WAVE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX;

EID: 84882796468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50471     Document Type: Article

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