Tropical convective responses to microphysical and radiative processes: A sensitivity study with a 2-D cloud resolving model

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 245-259

  Li, Xiaofan ^a   Sui, C H ^b   Lau, K M ^c   Tao, W K ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 27144481025     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-004-0088-5     Document Type: Article

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