Mesoscale simulations of organized convection: Importance of convective equilibrium

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 616, 2006, Pages 737-756

  Done, J M ^a,b   Craig, G C ^c   Gray, S L ^a   Clark, P A ^a   Gray, M E B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective parametrization; Explicit convection; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; EXPLICIT CONVECTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE FORECASTING MODEL; MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL-VORTICITY PERTURBATIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MOTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 33745017165     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.84     Document Type: Article

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