Some microphysical and electrical aspects of a cloud resolving model: Description and thunderstorm case study

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1305-1324

  Molinié, Gilles ^a   Pinty, Jean Pierre ^a   Roux, Frank ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Convective clouds; Lightning parameterization; Numerical modeling; Storm electrification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037985642     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01409-3     Document Type: Review

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