A microphysical bulk formulation based on scaling normalization of the particle size distribution. Part II: Data assimilation into physical processes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4222-4237

  Laroche, Stéphane ^a,b   Szyrmer, Wanda ^b   Zawadzki, Isztar ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DISDROMETER MEASUREMENTS; MICROPHYSICAL BULK FORMULATION; SCALING NORMALIZATION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 31144466856     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3621.1     Document Type: Article

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