Sensitivity of extratropical cyclone mesoscale structure to the parametrization of ice microphysical processes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 589 PART C, 2003, Pages 1123-1148

  Forbes, Richard M ^a   Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extratropical cyclones; Ice sublimation; Mesoscale dynamics; Model parametrization

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DEPOSITION; ICE; RAIN; STORMS; SUBLIMATION;

MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETRIZATION;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUBLIMATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037255526     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.171     Document Type: Article

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