Evaluation of the COSMO-SC turbulence scheme in a shear-driven stable boundary layer

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-350

  Buzzi, Matteo ^a   Rotach, Mathias W ^a,b   Raschendorfer, Matthias ^c   Holtslag, Albert A M ^d  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMO MODEL; GRID POINTS; HIGH VERTICAL RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOW LEVEL JET; MODEL PARAMETERS; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; STABILITY FUNCTION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENCE SCHEME; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DIFFUSION; JET; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND;

EID: 80051675972     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0050     Document Type: Article

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