A simple height-based correction for temperature downscaling in complex terrain

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-339

  Sheridan, Peter ^a   Smith, Samantha ^a   Brown, Andrew ^a   Vosper, Simon ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lapse rate; Numerical weather prediction; Post processing; Site specific

Indexed keywords

WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

DOWNSCALING METHODS; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; LAPSE RATE; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; POST PROCESSING; SITE-SPECIFIC; UNIFIED MODELING;

LANDFORMS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLOUD COVER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CORRECTION; DATA PROCESSING; DOWNSCALING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77956821506     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.177     Document Type: Article

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