An intercomparison of simulated rainfall and evapotranspiration associated with a mesoscale convective system over West Africa

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-60

  Guichard, Francxoise ^a   Asencio, Nicole ^a   Peugeot, Christophe ^b   Bock, Olivier ^c   Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^a   Cui, Xuefeng ^d   Garvert, Matthew ^e   Lamptey, Benjamin ^f   Orlandi, Emiliano ^g,h   Sander, Julia ⁱ   Fierli, Federico ^h   Gaertner, Miguel Angel ^e   Jones, Sarah C ⁱ   Lafore, Jean Philippe ^a   Morse, Andrew ^d   Nuret, Mathieu ^a   Boone, Aaron ^a   Balsamo, Gianpaolo ^j   De Rosnay, Patricia ^j   Decharme, Bertrand ^a   Harris, Philip P ^k   S, J C Bergè ^l   more..

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^h CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^k CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; GLOBAL MODELS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MODEL; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; OFFLINE; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAINFALL RATES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; WEST AFRICA; ZONAL SYMMETRY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; STORMS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAIN;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLOUD COVER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 77949409753     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222250.1     Document Type: Article

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