Dependence of partitioning of model implicit and explicit precipitation on horizontal resolution

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Gomes, Jorge Luís ^a   Chou, Sin Chan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COLD FRONT; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 72949120852     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0050-7     Document Type: Article

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