Performance evaluation of PBL and cumulus parameterization schemes of WRF ARW model in simulating severe thunderstorm events over Gadanki MST radar facility - Case study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Madala, Srikanth ^a   Satyanarayana, A N V ^a   Rao, T Narayana ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

MST radar; Planetary boundary layer; Thunderstorm; WRF model

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; MESOSPHERE-STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE RADARS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MST RADARS; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES; WRF MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLOUDS; FACILITIES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; THUNDERSTORMS; VELOCITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUMULUS; MESOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOSPHERE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GADANKI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84892514317     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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