A generalized sigma-coordinate system for the MM5

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2875-2884

  Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

COORDINATE SURFACES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVECTION; COORDINATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347382721     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2875:AGSSFT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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