An upgraded version of the Eta model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 63-79

  Mesinger, Fedor ^a,b   Chou, Sin Chan ^c   Gomes, Jorge L ^c   Jovic, Dusan ^d   Bastos, Paulo ^e   Bustamante, Josiane F ^c   Lazic, Lazar ^f   Lyra, André A ^c   Morelli, Sandra ^g   Ristic, Ivan ^h   Veljovic, Katarina ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^e Brazilian Air Force   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h Weather2Umbrella Co   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CONVECTION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; KATABATIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

ANDES; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TERRA NOVA BAY;

EID: 84860471467     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-012-0182-z     Document Type: Article

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