Rain production in convective clouds as simulated in an axisymmetric model with detailed microphysics. Part I: Description of the model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-519

  Reisin, Tamir ^a   Levin, Zev ^a   Tzivion, Shalva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DEVELOPMENT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MICROPHYSICS; RAIN FORMATION;

EID: 0030482242     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0497:RPICCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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