A microphysically based precipitation scheme for the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1607-1636

  Wilson, Damian R ^a   Ballard, Susan P ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cloud; Microphysics; Numerical weather prediction; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032740909     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55706     Document Type: Article

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