Impact of ice microphysics on multiscale organization of tropical convection in two-dimensional cloud-resolving simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 587 PART A, 2003, Pages 67-81

  Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Tropical dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ICE MICROPHYSICS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0037286738     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.110     Document Type: Article

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