The stratiform and convective components of surface precipitation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1513-1528

  Tremblay, André ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAIN;

CLOUD MODEL; RAINFALL RATE; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO);

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 20444439057     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3411.1     Document Type: Article

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