A review of cloud-resolving model studies of convective processes

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-212

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models (CRMs); Convective processes; Simulations of convection and clouds

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349103799     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0202-6     Document Type: Review

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