Prediction errors associated with sparse grid estimates of flows over hills

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-172

  Eidsvik, Karl J ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flow over hills; Grid resolution; Numerical models; Stratified flow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVELENGTH;

GRID RESOLUTION; LEE WAVES; STRATIFIED FLOW;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVELENGTH;

LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 39949085608     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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