Impact of precipitating ice on the simulation of a heavy rainfall event with advanced research WRF using two bulk microphysical schemes

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 357-368

  Efstathiou, G A ^a,b   Zoumakis, N M ^b   Melas, D ^c   Kassomenos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

heavy rainfall simulation; microphysical schemes; precipitating ice; snow graupel partitioning; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879170126     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-012-0034-2     Document Type: Article

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