Simulation of fog with the ECMWF prognostic cloud scheme

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 529-552

  Teixeira, João ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fog climatory; Fog forecasting; Global model; Prognostic cloud scheme

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD; FOG; FORECASTING METHOD;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033005222     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55408     Document Type: Article

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