Collective effects of organized convection and their approximation in general circulation models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1477-1495

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONVECTION; GCM; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030468908     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1477:CEOOCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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