Structure and evolution of the 22 February 1993 TOGA COARE squall line: Numerical simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2861-2886

  Trier, S B ^a   Skamarock, W C ^a   LeMone, M A ^a   Parsons, D B ^a   Jorgensen, D P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MODEL; CLOUD MODEL TOGA COARE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; SQUALL; SQUALL LINE; TOGA COARE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0030430752     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2861:SAEOTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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