Sensitivity of tropical cyclone rainbands to ice-phase microphysics

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2473-2493

  Franklin, Charmaine N ^a,b   Holland, Greg J ^c   May, Peter T ^d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS;

ICE PAHSE MICROPHYSICS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE; RAINBAND; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 24944528170     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2989.1     Document Type: Article

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