Spectral (bin) microphysics coupled with a mesoscale model (MM5). Part II: Simulation of a CaPE rain event with a squall line

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-71

  Lynn, Barry H ^a   Khain, Alexander P ^a   Dudhia, Jimy ^b   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a   Pokrovsky, Andrei ^a   Seifert, Axel ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CLOUD STRUCTURE; DROP COLLISION RATES; PARAMETERIZATION;

RAIN;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144281874     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2841.1     Document Type: Article

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