The role of vertically varying cloud fraction in the parametrization of microphysical processes in the ECMWF model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 941-965

  Jakob, Christian ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Global circulation model; Precipitation; Subgrid scale variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS;

EID: 0032766611     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55509     Document Type: Article

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