Sensitivities of a Squall Line over Central Europe in a Convective-Scale Ensemble

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-133

  Hanley, K E ^a   Kirshbaum, D J ^a,b   Roberts, N M ^c   Leoncini, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; INITIATION MECHANISM; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ONSET OF CONVECTION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH;

ERRORS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; REFORESTATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SQUALL LINE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; FRANCE; VOSGES [(MNR) FRANCE];

EID: 84874858129     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00013.1     Document Type: Article

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