The London Model: Forecasting fog at 333 m resolution

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 694, 2016, Pages 360-371

  Boutle, I A ^a   Finnenkoetter, A ^a   Lock, A P ^a   Wells, H ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud; Fog; High resolution modelling; Stable boundary layer; Urban

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FORECASTING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD PARAMETRIZATION; ENHANCED RESOLUTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOWER RESOLUTION; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

FOG;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; FOG; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; URBAN AREA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84957838922     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2656     Document Type: Article

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