Characteristics of numerically simulated mesoscale convective systems and their application to parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3953-3970

  Gray, M E B ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; UPDRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS; MASS FLUX EQUATION; MASS FLUX PARAMETERIZATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE UPDRAFTS; PARAMETERIZATION; SCALAR TRANSPORTS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034351750     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3953:CONSMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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