Analyses of the precipitation pattern on the alpine region using different cumulus convection parameterizations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 182-200

  Ferretti, Rossella ^a   Paolucci, Tiziana ^a   Zheng, W ^a,c   Visconti, Guido ^a   Bonelli, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034100205     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0182:AOTPPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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