Ensemble predictability of an isolated mountain thunderstorm in a high-resolution model

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 661, 2011, Pages 2124-2137

  Hanley, K E ^a   Kirshbaum, D J ^a   Belcher, S E ^a   Roberts, N M ^b   Leoncini, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection initiation; Convergence zone; COPS; Unified Model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; COPS; DEEP CONVECTION; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GERMANY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SHALLOW CONVECTION; THERMALLY DRIVEN; UNIFIED MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODELING; MOUNTAIN; PREDICTION; SOIL MOISTURE; THUNDERSTORM;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 83255176916     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.877     Document Type: Article

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