Three-dimensional fog forecasting in complex terrain

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 653, 2010, Pages 2189-2202

  Muller M D ^a   Masbou, M ^b   Bott, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3d fog; PAFOG; Second moment cloud water; Visibility forecasting; WRF NMM

Indexed keywords

3D FOG; CLOUD PATTERN; CLOUD WATER; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DROPLET NUMBER; FOG FORECASTING; GROUND STATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL INITIALIZATION; MODEL TESTING; MOISTURE FIELD; MSG SATELLITES; PAFOG; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SECOND-MOMENT CLOUD WATER; SEDIMENTATION VELOCITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SWISS ALPS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; UNCERTAIN PROCESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; WRF-NMM;

DROP FORMATION; FOG; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PHYSICS; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE; VISIBILITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AIRFLOW; ANTICYCLONE; CLOUD; CLOUD WATER; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DROPLET; FOG; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALPS;

EID: 78650039600     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.705     Document Type: Article

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