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On the applicability of numerical mass-consistent wind field models

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A three-dimensional nonhydrostatic model is used to calculate the complex wind field in a coastal and a hilly region. These results are used to test the applicability of a mass-consistent wind model for different numbers of input wind data. While for the coastal area the mass consistent model calculates reasonable results even for a small number of input wind data, this number increases significantly in complex terrain.

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    Günter Gross

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Gross, G. On the applicability of numerical mass-consistent wind field models. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 77, 379–394 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00123533

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