The 4-5 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event: Observed microphysics and comparisons with the weather research and forecasting model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1372-1392

  Lin, Yanluan ^a   Colle, Brian A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CONVECTIVE CELL; DEPOSITIONAL GROWTH; GROUND RADARS; ICE CRYSTALS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; MICROPHYSICS; OREGON COAST; PARAMETERIZATIONS; POSITIVE DEFINITE; PRECIPITATION SPILLOVER; RAINFALL EVENT; RESIDENCE TIME; SNOW MASS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SURFACE OBSERVATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ADVECTION; AGGLOMERATION; LANDFORMS; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SNOW;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ICE CRYSTAL; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RESIDENCE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CASCADE RANGE; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249141500     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2653.1     Document Type: Article

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