Precipitation uncertainty due to variations in precipitation particle parameters within a simple microphysics scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2610-2627

  Gilmore, Matthew S ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^a   Rasmussen, Erik N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; ICE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LIQUID-ICE; MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

CLOUD; CONVECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3943079207     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2810.1     Document Type: Review

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