A novel approach for representing ice microphysics in models: Description and tests using a kinematic framework

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1528-1548

  Morrison, Hugh ^a   Grabowski, Wojciech W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; FORECASTING; ICE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; KINEMATICS; MIXING; NEON; NUMERICAL METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VAPOR DEPOSITION; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD ICE; CONVERSION RATES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; GRADUAL TRANSITIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ICE MICROPHYSICS; ICE PARTICLES; ICE WATER PATH (IWP); MASS FRACTIONS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELLING; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; MIXING RATIOS; NEW APPROACHES; NOVE L APPROACH; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTICAL DEPTHS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PARTICLE MASSES; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RAIN DROPS; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WIDE-RANGE;

AGGLOMERATION;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ICE CRYSTAL; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 45849147390     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2491.1     Document Type: Article

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