Analysis of the role of the planetary boundary layer schemes during a severe convective storm

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1861-1874

  Wisse, J S P ^a   Vila Guerau de Arellano J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (mesoscale meteorology, convective processes, turbulence)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEVERE WEATHER; STORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242882714     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-1861-2004     Document Type: Article

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