A comparison of cumulus parameterization schemes in a numerical weather prediction model for a monsoon rainfall event

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1961-1978

  Kerkhoven, Ernst ^a   Gan, Thian Yew ^a   Shiiba, Michiharu ^b   Reuter, Gerhard ^a   Tanaka, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulus parameterization; Forecasting; Meiyu monsoon rainfall; Mesoscale atmospheric model; MM5; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; FIFTH-GENERATION MESOSCALE MODEL (MM5); MEIYU MONSOON RAINFALL; MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CUMULUS; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33745068638     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5967     Document Type: Article

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