The behaviour of a cloud ensemble in response to external forcings

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 533, 1996, Pages 1043-1073

  Guichard, F ^a   Redelsperger, J L ^a   Lafore, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Convection; Radiative feedback; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTION; EXTERNAL FORCING; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATING CLOUD; RADIATIVE FEEDBACK; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 0030437660     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53302     Document Type: Article

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