A parameterization of mesoscale enhancement of surface fluxes for large-scale models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 402-421

  Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^a   Guichard, Françoise ^a   Mondon, Sylvain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND EFFECTS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0034074606     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0402:APOMEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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