Mountain waves and wakes generated by South Georgia: Implications for drag parametrization

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 692, 2015, Pages 2813-2827

  Vosper, S B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag; Drag parametrization; Gravity waves; Momentum flux; Orography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS; MOMENTUM; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAKES;

HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOUNTAIN WAVE MOMENTUM FLUX; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS; SPECTRAL CONTRIBUTION;

DRAG;

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; WAKE; WAVE BREAKING;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 84946485596     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2566     Document Type: Article

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