Evaluation of a modified scheme for shallow convection: Implementation of CuP and case studies

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 134-147

  Berg, Larry K ^a   Gustafson, William I ^a   Kassianov, Evgueni I ^a   Deng, Liping ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CASE-STUDIES; CLOUD FRACTION; MEASUREMENT SITES; MODIFIED SCHEME; SHALLOW CLOUDS; SHALLOW CONVECTION; SHALLOW CUMULUS; TRIGGER FUNCTIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; DOWNWELLING; HUMIDITY; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874827337     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00136.1     Document Type: Article

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