Impact of horizontal resolution on the numerical simulation of a midlatitude squall line: Implicit versus explicit condensation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2362-2376

  Belair S ^a   Mailhot, J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONDENSATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RESOLUTION; SQUALL LINE;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035443154     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<2362:IOHROT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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