Sensitivity of moist convection to environmental humidity

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3055-3079

  Derbyshire, Steve H ^a   Beau, I ^b   Bechtold, P ^c,d   Grandpeix, J Y ^e   Piriou, J M ^f   Redelsperger, J L ^f   Soares, P M M ^g,h  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cumulus convection; Humidity sensitivity; Model intercomparison

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS (CRM); GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS (GCM); SINGLE COLUMN MODELS (SCM); TIME SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844292723     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.130     Document Type: Article

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