Evaluation of precipitating hydrometeor parameterizations in a single-moment bulk microphysics scheme for deep convective systems over the tropical central pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2654-2673

  Roh, Woosub ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GRAPHIC METHODS; PHYSICS; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLOUD SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CLOUD-TOP TEMPERATURES; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 84903886180     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0252.1     Document Type: Article

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