Subkilometer simulation of a torrential-rain-producing mesoscale convective system in East China. Part I: Model verification and convective organization

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 184-201

  Zhang, Man ^a,b,c   Zhang, Da Lin ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Convective clouds; Convective storms; Flood events; Mei yu fronts

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; FLOOD EVENTS; MEI-YU FRONTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMES; RADAR; RAIN;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COLD AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; FLOOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TORRENT;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 84862918824     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00029.1     Document Type: Article

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