A GCSS model intercomparison for a tropical squall line observed during TOGA-COARE. II: Intercomparison of single-column models and a cloud-resolving model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 564, 2000, Pages 865-888

  Bechtold, P ^a   Redelsperger, J L ^b   Beau, I ^b   Blackburn, M ^c   Brinkop, S ^d   Grandpeix, J Y ^e   Grant, A ^f   Gregory, D ^g   Guichard, F ^b   Hoff, C ^b   Ioannidou, E ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b Centre National de Recherche Métúmlogiques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Deutsche Zentrum für Lufté und Raumfahrt   (Germany)

^e Laboratoire de Meteomlogie Dymmique   (France)

^f Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection parametrization; Mass flux; Single column models

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; CONVECTION; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL VALIDATION; SQUALL LINE; TOGA-COARE;

EID: 0034069686     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656405     Document Type: Article

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