A passive scalar-like model for rain applicable up to storm scale

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-147

  de Montera, L ^a   Verrier, S ^a   Mallet, C ^a   Barthes L ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Multifractal; Passive scalar; Rain; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FRACTALS; RAIN; STORMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; MULTI FRACTALS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; MULTI-FRACTAL PROPERTY; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLICATIVE CASCADES; PASSIVE SCALARS; SCALING;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

ADVECTION; ANISOTROPY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINSTORM;

AFRICA;

EID: 79251504359     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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