A radar simulator for high-resolution nonhydrostatic models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1049-1067

  Caumont, Olivier ^a   Ducrocq, Véronique ^a   Delrieu, Guy ^b   Gosset, Marielle ^b   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^c   du Châtelet, Jacques Parent ^d   Andrieu, Hervé ^e   Lemaître, Yvon ^f   Scialom, Georges ^f  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^d DSO   (France)

^e Centre de Nantes   (France)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR SIMULATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH-RESOLUTION NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION SYSTEMS;

FLOODS;

FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR SIMULATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; RADAR; SIMULATOR;

EID: 33747890958     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1905.1     Document Type: Article

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