The Berry and Reinhardt autoconversion parameterization: A digest

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-396

  Gilmore, Matthew S ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCONVERSION PARAMETERIZATION; CLOUD DROPLETS; FEEDBACKS]; MEAN DIAMETERS; MODEL SOLUTIONS; NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

RAIN;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL;

EID: 57649195057     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1573.1     Document Type: Article

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