Intercomparison of single-column numerical models for the prediction of radiation fog

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 504-521

  Bergot, Thierry ^a   Terradellas, Enric ^b   Cuxart, Joan ^c   Mira, Antoni ^c   Leichti, Olivier ^d   Mueller, Mathias ^e   Nielsen, Niels Woetmann ^f  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b Instituto Nacional de Meteorología ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d Analysen and Konzepte   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DEW DEPOSITION; GRAVITATIONAL SETTLING; RADIATION FOG;

FOG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DEW; FOG; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 34249061418     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2475.1     Document Type: Article

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