Formulation of the Dutch Atmospheric Large-Eddy Simulation (DALES) and overview of its applications

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 415-444

  Heus, T ^a,f   Van Heerwaarden, C C ^b   Jonker, H J J ^c   Pier Siebesma, A ^a,c   Axelsen, S ^d   Van Den Dries, K ^b   Geoffroy, O ^a   Moene, A F ^b   Pino, D ^e   De Roode, S R ^c   De Arellano, J Vilà Guerau ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERRAIN;

EID: 79954567650     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-3-415-2010     Document Type: Article

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