Study of diurnal cycle of convective precipitation over Amazonia using a single column model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 2002, Pages ACL-25-1-ACL-25-13

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Jakob, Christian ^b,c,d  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

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

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

3307 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary layer processes; 3314 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective processes; 3322 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; Convective parameterization; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 36448952749     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002264     Document Type: Article

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