Simulation of an orographic precipitation event during improve-2. Part I: Evaluation of the control run using a triple-moment bulk microphysics scheme

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3873-3893

  Milbrandt, Jason A ^a,c   Yau, M K ^b   Mailhot, J ^b   Belair, S ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; GAGES; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; GRID SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN-SITU; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; MESOSCALE MODELS; MICROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; MICROPHYSICS; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATIONS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN GAUGES; REFLECTIVITY STRUCTURES; SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; VERTICAL MOTIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WAVE PATTERNS;

RAIN;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149139581     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2197.1     Document Type: Article

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