A non-hydrostatic version of the NMC's regional Eta model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 530, 1996, Pages 495-513

  Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Rančić, Miodrag ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b W NMC2   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective scale simulations; Non hydrostatic perturbation model; Numerical weather prediction; Step orography

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVE; HYDROSTATIC ATMOSPHERE; REGIONAL FORECASTING MODEL; VERTICAL KINETIC ENERGY;

EID: 0029768462     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53009     Document Type: Article

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