A comprehensive two-moment warm microphysical bulk scheme. I: Description and tests

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 566, 2000, Pages 1815-1842

  Cohard, J M ^a   Pinty, J P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

CCN activation; Cloud physics; Coalescence; Modelling; Sedimentation; Two moment scheme

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MIXING RATIO; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINDROP;

EID: 0033867145     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.56613     Document Type: Article

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