Sensitivity of bow-echo simulation to microphysical parameterizations

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1188-1209

  Adams Selin, Rebecca D ^a,b   Van Den Heever, Susan C ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; AREAL COVERAGE; FIVE PARAMETERS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; PARAMETER CHARACTERISTIC; PEAK VALUES; PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COOLING; GUST; HAIL; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84877860818     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00108.1     Document Type: Article

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