Analytic upscaling of a local microphysics scheme. Part II: Simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 670, 2013, Pages 58-69

  Griffin, Brian M ^a   Larson, Vincent E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drizzle; Microphysics; Parametrization; Subgrid variability

Indexed keywords

AUTOCONVERSION; CLOUD DROPLETS; COMBINED EFFECT; DRIZZLE; DYCOMS-II; DYNAMICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRID-BOX; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; OCEAN SURFACES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SUB-GRID VARIABILITY; TEST CASE; TWO-PART SERIES; UPSCALING;

DROPS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

PHYSICS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRIZZLE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINDROP; RAINWATER; STRATOCUMULUS; UPSCALING;

EID: 84873284037     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1966     Document Type: Article

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