Numerical modeling of precipitation cores on cold fronts

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1175-1196

  Brown, Michael J ^a   Locatelli, John D ^a   Stoelinga, Mark T ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

COLD FRONT; NARROW COLD FRONTAL RAINBAND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

FRONTAL FEATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINBAND;

EID: 0033133603     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1175:NMOPCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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