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Spurious mass loss in some mesometeorological models

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The spurious mass losses or gains due to the anelastic continuity equation are assessed, and the implications of this effect are discussed for the case of the simulation of sea breezes.

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  1. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Y. Feliks & A. Huss

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Feliks, Y., Huss, A. Spurious mass loss in some mesometeorological models. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 24, 387–391 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121602

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