A lightning parameterization for numerical cloud models

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 459-478

  MacGorman, D R ^a   Straka, J M ^a   Ziegler, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THUNDERSTORMS;

SUBGRID-SCALE VARIATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD COVER; LIGHTNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 0035269487     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0459:ALPFNC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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