Prediction of convective initiation and storm evolution on 12 June 2002 during IHOP_2002. Part I: Control simulation and sensitivity experiments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2261-2282

  Liu, Haixia ^a   Xue, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE INITIATION; STORM EVOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD FRONT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM;

EID: 52149104715     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2161.1     Document Type: Article

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