Numerical errors above steep topography: A model intercomparison

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Zängl, Günther ^a   Gantner, Leonhard ^a   Hartjenstein, Gisela ^a   Noppel, Heike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645997364     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0069     Document Type: Article

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