Modelling suppressed and active convection: Comparisons between three global atmospheric models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 636, 2008, Pages 1881-1896

  Willett, Martin R ^a   Bechtold, P ^b   Williamson, D L ^c   Petch, J C ^a   Milton, S F ^a   Woolnough, S J ^d  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Forecast; GCM; GEWEX cloud system study; Numerical weather prediction; TOGA COARE

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTION; GCM; GEWEX CLOUD SYSTEM STUDY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; TOGA-COARE;

FORECASTING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TOGA-COARE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 57349158057     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.317     Document Type: Article

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