Parameterizing correlations between hydrometeor species in mixed-phase Arctic clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Larson, Vincent E ^a   Nielsen, Brandon J ^a   Fan, Jiwen ^b   Ovchinnikov, Mikhail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS;

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ARCTIC CLOUDS; CHOLESKY; CHOLESKY FACTORIZATIONS; CLOUD WATER; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; CORRELATION MATRIX; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; LINEAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; MATRIX; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MIXING RATIOS; MULTI-SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZING; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SPHERICAL PARAMETERIZATION; SUB-GRIDS;

CLOUDS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LINEARITY; MATRIX; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RESOLUTION; SNOW;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84860408184     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015570     Document Type: Article

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