CELLS v1.0: Updated and parallelized version of an electrical scheme to simulate multiple electrified clouds and flashes over large domains

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-184

  Barthe, C ^a   Chong, M ^b   Pinty, J P ^b   Bovalo, C ^a   Escobar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; COMPUTER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIFICATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LIGHTNING; PARAMETERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STORM;

EID: 84856556475     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-5-167-2012     Document Type: Article

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