Impact of convective downdrafts on model simulations: results from aqua-planet integrations

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1877-1887

  Sahany, S ^a   Nanjundiah, R S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; CUMULUS; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 47249129809     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-1877-2008     Document Type: Article

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