A limited area model (LAM) intercomparison study of a TWP-ICE active monsoon mesoscale convective event

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Zhu, Ping ^a   Dudhia, Jim ^b   Field, Paul R ^c   Wapler, Kathrin ^d   Fridlind, Ann ^e   Varble, Adam ^f   Zipser, Ed ^f   Petch, Jon ^c   Chen, Ming ^b   Zhu, Zhenduo ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD FIELDS; CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CYCLOGENESIS; DEEP CONVECTION; DYNAMIC FIELDS; GLOBAL MODELS; ICE CLOUDS; INTERCOMPARISONS; LIMITED AREA MODELS; MESOSCALE; MIXING RATIOS; SOLID-PHASE; THERMODYNAMIC FIELDS; VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOGENESIS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFORM CLOUD; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84862296140     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016447     Document Type: Article

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