The diurnal cycle of precipitation over the Maritime Continent in a high-resolution atmospheric model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 657, 2011, Pages 934-947

  Love, Barnaby S ^a   Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Lister, Grenville M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cascade project; Gravity wave; Sea breeze; Unified Model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CASCADE PROJECT; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CONVECTION MODEL; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DIURNAL CYCLE; DOWN-WELLING; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HIGHER ORDER; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERNAL MODES; MARITIME CONTINENT; MEAN PRECIPITATION; PARAMETRISATION; SEA BREEZE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UNIFIED MODEL; VERTICAL MODES; WARM POOLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; GRAVITY WAVES; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRAVITY WAVE; HEATING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA BREEZE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WARM POOL; WAVE FORCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957897551     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.809     Document Type: Article

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