Atmospheric tides over the Pyrenees: Observational study and numerical simulation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 650, 2010, Pages 1263-1274

  Diaz de Argandona J ^a   Ezcurra, A ^a   Saenz J ^a   Campistron, B ^b   Ibarra Berastegi, G ^a   Saidc F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

WRF model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DIABATIC; DIURNAL COMPONENT; DIURNAL TIDES; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LIMITED AREA MODELS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NORTH-SOUTH ASYMMETRY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PYRENEES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMI-DIURNAL; STATION DATA; SURFACE DATA; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WIND PROFILER; WRF MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TIDES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PYRENEES;

EID: 77956213883     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.626     Document Type: Article

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