Modeling of the melting layer. Part IV: Brightband bulk parameterization

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1991-2001

  Heyraud, Catherine ^a   Szyrmer, Wanda ^a   Laroche, Stéphane ^a,b   Zawadzki, Isztar ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; RADAR; SNOW;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); BULK MODEL; BULK PARAMETERIZATION; DATA ASSIMILATION (DA); INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MODEL RESULTS; MODELIN G STUDIES; OBSERVATION OPERATORS; RADAR DATA;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

BACKSCATTER; DATA ASSIMILATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MELTING; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; SNOWMELT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 45849100933     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2448.1     Document Type: Article

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