Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Overview
- 2 Governing equations for mesoscale motions
- 3 Basic wave dynamics
- 4 Mesoscale wave generation and maintenance
- 5 Orographically forced flows
- 6 Thermally forced flows
- 7 Mesoscale instabilities
- 8 Isolated convective storms
- 9 Mesoscale convective systems
- 10 Dynamics of fronts and jet streaks
- 11 Dynamics of orographic precipitation
- 12 Basic numerical methods
- 13 Numerical modeling of geophysical fluid systems
- 14 Parameterizations of physical processes
- Appendices
- Index
- References
5 - Orographically forced flows
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Overview
- 2 Governing equations for mesoscale motions
- 3 Basic wave dynamics
- 4 Mesoscale wave generation and maintenance
- 5 Orographically forced flows
- 6 Thermally forced flows
- 7 Mesoscale instabilities
- 8 Isolated convective storms
- 9 Mesoscale convective systems
- 10 Dynamics of fronts and jet streaks
- 11 Dynamics of orographic precipitation
- 12 Basic numerical methods
- 13 Numerical modeling of geophysical fluid systems
- 14 Parameterizations of physical processes
- Appendices
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Mesoscale Dynamics , pp. 109 - 183Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007
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