HYDRAULIC DESCRIPTION OF DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORMS UNDER NON-SHEAR AND CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED FLOW CONDITION

Abstract

 This study investigates an analytical solution of downslope windstorms to the non-shear and continuously stratified flow. Based on a previous study (Winters and Armi, 2012), which describes a upstream blocking and changes from a subcritical to a supercritical flow, we formulate the internal jump over the lee slope. Furethemore, we extend this theory to the no upstream blocking condition and examine the applicable range of this theory in comparison to previous regime diagram (Lin and Wang, 1995).