A double moment warm rain scheme: Description and test within a kinematic framework

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Carrió, Gustavo G ^a   Nicolini, Matilde ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoconversion; Microphysical schemes; Warm rain

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MIXING RATIO; RAINDROP;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033429054     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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