Sensitivity simulations of orographic precipitation with MM5 and comparison with observations in Iceland during the Reykjanes Experiment

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-98

  Rögnvaldsson, Ólafur ^a,b   Bao, Jian Wen ^c   Ólafsson, Haraldur ^a,b,d,e  

^a Institute for Meteorological Research   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 33947428351     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0181     Document Type: Article

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