The Third GABLS Intercomparison Case for Evaluation Studies of Boundary-Layer Models. Part A: Case Selection and Set-Up

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-156

  Bosveld, Fred C ^a   Baas, Peter ^a   van Meijgaard, Erik ^a   de Bruijn, Evert I F ^a   Steeneveld, Gert Jan ^b   Holtslag, Albert A M ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CESAR database; Diurnal cycle; Dynamic tendencies; GABLS; Low level jet; Model forcing data; Single column models; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; GABLS; LOW LEVEL JET; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CABAUW; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT [NETHERLANDS];

EID: 84904339094     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9917-3     Document Type: Article

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