Explicit and parameterized episodes of warm-season precipitation over the continental United States

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-105

  Liu, Changhai ^a   Moncrieff, Mitchell W ^a   Tuttle, John D ^a   Carbone, Richard E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective parameterization; Explicit simulation; Warm season precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144451152     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-006-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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