A Terrain-following coordinate with smoothed coordinate surfaces

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2163-2169

  Klemp, J B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate systems; Mesoscale models; Nonhydrostatic models; Regional models; Vertical coordinates

Indexed keywords

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MODEL; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; REGIONAL MODEL; VERTICAL COORDINATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

LANDFORMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOOTHING;

EID: 79960743627     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05046.1     Document Type: Article

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