An inter-comparison exercise of mesoscale flow models applied to an ideal case simulation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-382

  Thunis, P ^a   Galmarini, Stefano ^a   Martilli, A ^b   Clappier, A ^b   Andronopoulos, S ^c   Bartzis, J ^c   Vlachogiannis, D ^c   De Ridder, K ^d   Moussiopoulos, N ^e   Sahm, P ^e   Almbauer, R ^f   Sturm, P ^f   Oettl, D ^f   Dierer, S ^g   Schlunzen K H ^g  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ideal case study; Inter comparison; Mesoscale flow models

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMAL DIFFUSION IN GASES;

SURFACE HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND BIOME; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REDUCTION; SEA; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037222935     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00888-9     Document Type: Article

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