Investigating the simulation of cloud microphysical processes in numerical models using a one-dimensional dynamical framework

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-214

  Dearden, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clouds; Microphysics; Parcel model

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 77949335582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.239     Document Type: Article

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