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A model orographiy is constructed for a large portion of the Alpine region with nearly equidistant zonal and meridional resolution (3.3 km). Major valleys and massifs, which tend to be smeared out by averaging a high resolution database, are manually reconstructed. A comparison along a crosssection over the crest line of the Eastern Alps in both physical and Fourier space reveals the characteristics of different model resolutions.
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Volkert, H. An Alpine orography resolving major valleys and massifs. Meteorl. Atmos. Phys. 43, 231–234 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028126
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01028126