Role of convection triggers in the simulation of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States Great Plains in a general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Myong In ^a,b   Schubert, Siegfried D ^b   Suarez, Max J ^b   Schemm, Jae Kyung E ^c   Pan, Hua Lu ^c   Han, Jongil ^c,d   Yoo, Soo Hyun ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d RS Information Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41649095536     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008984     Document Type: Article

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