The impacts of spatial variability on the development of convection

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3189-3206

  Stirling, A J ^a,b   Petch, J C ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving model; Diurnal cycle

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; CONVECTIVE INHIBITION; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLES;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MODELING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844266004     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.137     Document Type: Article

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