Toward very high horizontal resolution NWP over the alps: Influence of increasing model resolution on the flow pattern

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1205-1235

  Ziemianski M Z ^a   Kurowski, Marcin J ^a   Piotrowski, Zbigniew P ^a,b   Rosa, Bogdan ^a   Fuhrer, Oliver ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alpine flow; anelastic equations; EULAG; mountain drag; numerical weather prediction

Indexed keywords

ALPINE FLOW; ANELASTIC EQUATIONS; EULAG; MOUNTAIN DRAG; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION;

DRAG; FLOW PATTERNS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; EQUATION; GRAVITY WAVE; MODELING; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80053569007     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-011-0054-9     Document Type: Article

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