Single-column model intercomparison for a stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 273-303

  Cuxart, Joan ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^b   Beare, R J ^c   Bazile, E ^d   Beljaars, A ^e   Cheng, A ^f   Conangla, L ^g   Ek, M ^h   Freedman, F ^h   Hamdi, R ⁱ   Kerstein, A ^j   Kitagawa, H ^k   Lenderink, G ^l   Lewellen, D ^m   Mailhot, J ⁿ   Mauritsen, T ^o   Perov, V ^p   Schayes, G ⁱ   Steeneveld, G J ^b   Svensson, G ^o   Taylor, P ^q   Weng, W ^q   Wunsch, S ^j   Xu, K M ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

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

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^j SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^k JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^l ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^m WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^o STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^q YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

GABLS; Intercomparison; Mixing coefficients; Single column models; Stably stratified flows; Turbulence parameterizations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTERCOMPARISON; MIXING COEFFICIENTS; SINGLE-COLUMN MODELS; STABLY STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENCE PARAMETERIZATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 33745478825     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-3780-1     Document Type: Article

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