Evaluating mesoscale NWP models using kinetic energy spectra

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3019-3032

  Skamarock, William C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RESOLUTION; SPECTRA VARIABILITY; WAVE-NUMBERS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECAST (WRF) MODELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

FORECASTING METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 11844275361     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2830.1     Document Type: Article

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