Mechanisms of diurnal precipitation over the US Great Plains: A cloud resolving model perspective

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-437

  Lee, Myong In ^a,b   Choi, Ildae ^c   Tao, Wei Kuo ^b   Schubert, Siegfried D ^b   Kang, In Sik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cloud radiation feedback; Cloud resolving model; Diurnal cycle; Nocturnal precipitation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; DIURNAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SURFACE FLUX;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949269630     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0531-x     Document Type: Article

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