Cloud and precipitation parameterizations in modeling and variational data assimilation: A review

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3766-3784

  Lopez, Philippe ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ATMOSPHERIC LARGE-SCALE; CLIMATE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CONVECTIVE MOIST PROCESSES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; DATA ASSIMILATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34547680589     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAS2030.1     Document Type: Review

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