Shifting the diurnal cycle of parameterized deep convection over land

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Rio, C ^a,c   Hourdin, F ^a,c   Grandpeix, J Y ^a,c   Lafore, J P ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CLOUD PROCESS; DEEP CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; GUST FRONTS; IN-PHASE; NEW APPROACHES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; THUNDERSTORMS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; DIURNAL VARIATION; INSOLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 67449110399     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036779     Document Type: Article

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