The performance of an E - l scheme for the atmospheric boundary layer in a mesoscale model with grid spacing as small as 1 km

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Fiedler, Brian H ^a   Kong, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0344984207     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-002-0574-6     Document Type: Article

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