A simple dynamical model of cumulus convection for data assimilation research

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 483-490

  Würsch, Michael ^a   Craig, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Modelling; Shallow water dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CUMULUS; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODELING; SHALLOW WATER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84924748440     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2014/0492     Document Type: Article

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