A prognostic parameterization for the subgrid-scale variability of water vapor and clouds in large-scale models and its use to diagnose cloud cover

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1917-1942

  Tompkins, Adrian M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

PARAMETERIZATION;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0037096559     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1917:APPFTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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