On the representation of high-latitude boundary layer mixed-phase cloud in the ECMWF global model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3425-3445

  Forbes, Richard M ^a   Ahlgrimm, Maike ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; PARAMETERIZATION; SUPERCOOLING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; CLOUD RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID WATER;

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EID: 84906875566     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00325.1     Document Type: Article

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