Assessment of which scales of orography can be credibly resolved in a numerical model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 574, 2001, Pages 1225-1237

  Davies, L A ^a   Brown, A R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Orography; Resolution; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; RESOLUTION; SMOOTHING;

EID: 0035301821     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57404     Document Type: Article

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