Sensitivity of the simulated precipitation to changes in convective relaxation time scale

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1827-1846

  Mishra, S K ^a,b   Srinivasan, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Precipitation)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTION; CUMULUS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 77957799844     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-28-1827-2010     Document Type: Article

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