A two-moment bulk microphysics coupled with a mesoscale model WRF: Model description and first results

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1184-1200

  Gao, Wenhua ^a   Zhao, Fengsheng ^a   Hu, Zhijin ^b   Feng, Xuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

coupling; droplet activation; two moment bulk microphysics; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051892763     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-0087-z     Document Type: Article

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