Recent modifications of the Emanuel convective scheme in the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1254-1268

  Peng, Melinda S ^a   Ridout, James A ^a   Hogan, Timothy F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS;

EMANUAL; FORECAST MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 2442634706     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1254:RMOTEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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