A short-duration global cloud-resolving simulation with a realistic land and sea distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Miura, Hiroaki ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Noda, Akira T ^a   Nasuno, Tomoe ^a   Iga, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MOISTURE TRANSPORT;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE FLUX; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 34548019472     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027448     Document Type: Article

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