Towards a new hybrid cumulus parametrization scheme for use in non-hydrostatic weather prediction models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 623, 2007, Pages 479-490

  Kuell, V ^a   Gassmann, A ^a   Bott, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Mass transport; Mesoscale modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GRID-SCALE CONVERGENCE; HYBRID CUMULUS; MESOSCALE MODELLING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP) MODELS;

CLOUDS;

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; MASS TRANSPORT; PARAMETERIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34247219084     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.28     Document Type: Article

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