New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization. Part II: The two-moment scheme

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-39

  Meyers, Michael P ^a   Walko, Robert L ^b   Harrington, Jerry Y ^b   Cotton, William R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GRAUPEL; HAIL; ICE CRYSTAL; MIXING RATIO; RAIN; RAMS; SNOW;

EID: 0031428710     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(97)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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