Some bulk properties of cumulus ensembles simulated by a cloud-resolving model. Part I: Cloud root properties

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3724-3735

  Lin, Chichung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0033226711     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3724:SBPOCE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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