Intercomparison of boundary layer parameterizations for summer conditions in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus using the WRF - ARW model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 208, Issue , 2018, Pages 45-59

  Tymvios, Filippos ^a,b   Charalambous, Demetris ^a   Michaelides, Silas ^b   Lelieveld, Jos ^b,c  

^a Department of Meteorology ^*  (Cyprus)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c Max Plank Institute of Atmospheric Chemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cyprus; Model intercomparison; Parameterization; WRF model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ERRORS; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CONDITION; CYPRUS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; TEMPERATURE FORECASTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA BREEZE; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYPRUS;

EID: 85032175876     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.09.011     Document Type: Article

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