The behavior of number concentration tendencies for the continuous collection growth equation using one- and two-moment bulk parameterization schemes

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1264-1274

  Straka, Jerry M ^a   Kanak, Katharine M ^a   Gilmore, Matthew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETERIZATION; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINUOUS COLLECTION GROWTH EQUATION; NUMBER CONCENTRATION TENDENCIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 34548606084     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2527.1     Document Type: Article

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