An online trajectory module (version 1.0) for the nonhydrostatic numerical weather prediction model COSMO

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1989-2004

  Miltenberger, A K ^a   Pfahl, S ^a   Wernli, H ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84888383707     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-6-1989-2013     Document Type: Article

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