A Note on Long-Wave Theory of Airflow over a Mountain

P. G. Drazin National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. 80303

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Abstract

Under the assumptions of small perturbation, long wavelength and two dimensionality, it is shown that the effects of the atmospheric structure and the mountain profile on a lee wave problem can be calculated separately. The flow field is then given entirely by a composite formula.

Abstract

Under the assumptions of small perturbation, long wavelength and two dimensionality, it is shown that the effects of the atmospheric structure and the mountain profile on a lee wave problem can be calculated separately. The flow field is then given entirely by a composite formula.

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