Orographic drag associated with lee waves trapped at an inversion

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2930-2947

  Teixeira, Miguel A C ^a   Argaiń, José Luis ^b   Miranda, Pedro M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inversions; Mixed layer; Mountain waves; Nonhydrostatic models; Stationary waves; Subgrid scale processes

Indexed keywords

INVERSIONS; MIXED LAYER; MOUNTAIN WAVE; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; STATIONARY WAVES; SUB-GRID SCALE PROCESS;

HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DRAG;

DRAG; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; MIXED LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; STANDING WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84884957698     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0350.1     Document Type: Article

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