Numerical simulation of the interaction between the dryline and horizontal convective rolls

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1792-1812

  Peckham, Steven E ^a   Wilhelmson, Robert B ^b   Wicker, Louis J ^c   Ziegler, Conrad L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; MOISTURE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WIND EFFECTS;

CUMULUS CLOUDS; DRYLINE; NUMERICAL FILTERING;

WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 3943077783     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1792:NSOTIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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