Validation of a mesoscale weather prediction model using subdomain budgets

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 707-726

  Petrik, Ronny ^a   Baldauf, Michael ^b   Schlünzen, Heinke ^c   Gassmann, Almut ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^c Max Planck Institute for Meteorology   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79960434260     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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