Reducing the biases in simulated radar reflectivities from a bulk microphysics scheme: Tropical convective systems

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2306-2320

  Lang, Stephen E ^a,b   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Zeng, Xiping ^a,c   Li, Yaping ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Cloud resolving models; Convective clouds; Mesoscale systems

Indexed keywords

BULK MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD RESOLVING MODELS; CONTACT NUCLEATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; CUMULUS ENSEMBLE MODEL; ICE NUCLEI; IMMERSION FREEZING; MELTING LEVELS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MIXING RATIOS; PEAK REFLECTIVITY; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; REFLECTIVITY VALUES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHYSICS; RADAR; REFLECTION; SNOW; STORMS; SUPERSATURATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CUMULUS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MIXING RATIO; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SUPERSATURATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80051823889     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-10-05000.1     Document Type: Article

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