Title: Evaluation and sensitivity tests of MEMO using the ESCOMPTE pre-campaign dataset

Authors: N. Moussiopoulos, I. Douros, C. Simonidis

Addresses: Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Box 483, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. ' Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Box 483, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. ' Institute of Technical Thermodynamics, University of Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

Abstract: The prognostic mesoscale meteorological model MEMO is applied to the Greater Marseille Area (GMA) and an extensive evaluation is carried out on the basis of the ESCOMPTE pre-campaign dataset. A series of tests are performed regarding the sensitivity of the model to grid resolution and the surface and soil parameters being used.

Keywords: mesoscale meteorological modelling; sensitivity test; Marseille.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2003.004246

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2003 Vol.20 No.1/2/3/4/5/6, pp.55 - 63

Published online: 10 May 2004 *

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