Resolution dependence of nonhydrostatic models in simulating the formation and evolution of low-level clouds during a "Yamase" event

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 969-987

  Nagasawa, Ryoji ^a,b   Iwasaki, Toshiki ^a   Asano, Shoji ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^c   Okamoto, Hajime ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; SANRIKU; TOHOKU;

EID: 33847638856     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.969     Document Type: Article

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