Evaluation of a mesoscale model with different surface parameterizations and vertical resolutions for the Bay of Valencia

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2646-2661

  Ries, Hinnerk ^a   Schlünzen, K Heinke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSER GRID; COASTAL REGIONS; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; IMPROVED FORECAST; INTEGRATION TIME; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MESH SIZE; MESOSCALE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEGATIVE BIAS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; SEA BREEZE; SEA-BREEZE CONDITIONS; SURFACE DATA; TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE; VALENCIA; VERTICAL RESOLUTION; WIND SPEED;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70350345468     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2836.1     Document Type: Article

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