Some limits to the variable-mesh solution and comparison with the nested-LAM solution

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 539, 1997, Pages 743-766

  Caian, Mihaela ^a   Geleyn, Jean François ^b  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Global spectral model; Numerical methods; Regional forecasting; Stretched coordinates

Indexed keywords

LIMITED AREA MODEL; MESH; NESTED GRID MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031434171     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712353911     Document Type: Article

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