Rotational and divergent kinetic energy in the mesoscale model ALADIN

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Blazica V ^a   Zagar N ^a,b   Strajnar, B ^c   Cedilnik, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Centre of Excellence SPACE SI   (Slovenia)

^c Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

ALADIN; Divergent energy; Kinetic energy spectra; Limited area modelling.; Rotational energy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84882671974     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.18918     Document Type: Article

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