Contribution of cloud condensate to surface rainfall process

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 967-973

  Zhou, Yushu ^a   Cui, Xiaopeng ^a   Li, Xiaofan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud condensate; Cloud resolving simulation; Surface rain rate

Indexed keywords

RAIN; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLOUD CONDENSATE; CLOUD RESOLVING SIMULATIONS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; LIFESPANS; RAIN RATES; SURFACE RAIN RATE; SURFACE RAINFALL PROCESS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; WATER VAPOUR;

CLOUDS;

EID: 84899779267     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10020070612330096     Document Type: Article

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