Cloud-resolving modeling of tropical cloud systems during phase III of GATE. Part I: Two-dimensional experiments

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 3684-3709

  Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a   Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD SYSTEM; CONVECTION; GATE;

EID: 0030326509     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3684:CRMOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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