A modeling case study of mixed-phase clouds over the Southern Ocean and Tasmania

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 839-862

  Morrison, Anthony E ^a   Siems, Steven T ^a   Manton, Michael J ^a   Nazarov, Alex ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hydro Tasmania Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD PROCESS; CLOUD STRUCTURE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; MICROPHYSICS; MIXED PHASE; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER; THOMPSON; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLOUDS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SUPERCOOLING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ICE;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; STRATOCUMULUS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 77953199450     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3011.1     Document Type: Article

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