Applicability of large-scale convection and condensation parameterization to meso-γ-scale HIRLAM: A case study of a convective event

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2422-2435

  Niemelä, Sami ^a   Fortelius, Carl ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CONDENSATION PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONDENSATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 24944441618     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2981.1     Document Type: Article

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