Prediction of in-cloud icing conditions at ground level using the WRF model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2445-2459

  Nygaard, Bjørn Egil Kringlebotn ^a   Kristjánsson, Jón Egill ^b   Makkonen, Lasse ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cloud droplets; Cloud parameterizations; Cloud water phase; Icing; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD LIQUID WATERS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER/PHASE; DATA SETS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DROPLET CONCENTRATION; DROPLET DIAMETERS; FINLAND; GRID-SPACINGS; GROUND LEVEL; GROUND STRUCTURE; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; ICING; ICING CONDITIONS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MICROPHYSICS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL RESOLUTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; THOMPSON; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; DROPS; ELECTRIC LINES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; ERROR ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATER CONTENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FINLAND;

EID: 84856145638     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-054.1     Document Type: Article

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