Inclusion of rainwater budget and convective downdrafts in the Arakawa-Schubert cumulus parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1359-1378

  Cheng, Ming Dean ^a   Arakawa, Akio ^b  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; DRAG; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN;

CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

ARAKAWA-SCHUBERT CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; DOWNDRAFT; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINWATER BUDGET; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0031138477     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1359:IORBAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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