A comparison of the water budgets between clouds from AMMA and TWP-ICE

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 487-503

  Zeng, Xiping ^a   Tao, Wei Kuo ^a   Powell, Scott W ^b   Houze, Robert A ^b   Ciesielski, Paul ^c   Guy, Nick ^c   Pierce, Harold ^a   Matsui, Toshihisa ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Africa; Cloud microphysics; Cloud resolving models; Ice particles; Water budget

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; ICE; STORMS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN MONSOONS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; ICE PARTICLES; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; STRATIFORMS; WARM POOLS; WATER BUDGET;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE CRYSTAL; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; WATER BUDGET; WIND SHEAR;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84874999403     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-050.1     Document Type: Article

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