Ensemble simulations with perturbed physical parametrizations: Pre-HyMeX case studies

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 140, Issue 683, 2014, Pages 1900-1916

  Hally, A ^a   Richard, E ^a   Fresnay, S ^a   Lambert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Convection; Ensembles; Microphysics; Parametrization; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE STATISTICS; ENSEMBLES; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; LARGE SCALE CONDITIONS; MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

RAIN;

EID: 84908871941     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2257     Document Type: Article

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