Toward cloud resolving modeling of large-scale tropical circulations: A simple cloud microphysics parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3283-3298

  Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREEZING; HEAT CONVECTION; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODELING; LARGE-SCALE TROPICAL CIRCULATIONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033232464     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3283:TCRMOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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