Resolution dependence of orographic torques

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 603 PART B, 2004, Pages 3029-3046

  Brown, A R ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Forecast model; Orography; Parametrization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; TORQUE;

OROGRAPHY; PARAMETRIZATION; SHORT RANGE GLOBAL FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 10944268080     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.21     Document Type: Article

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