Mixing-length controls on high-resolution simulations of convective storms

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 686, 2015, Pages 272-284

  Hanley, Kirsty E ^a   Plant, Robert S ^a   Stein, Thorwald H M ^a   Hogan, Robin J ^a   Nicol, John C ^a   Lean, Humphrey W ^a   Halliwell, Carol ^a   Clark, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Mixing; Unified model

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; RAIN;

CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STORM MORPHOLOGY; SUBGRID TURBULENCE; UNIFIED MODELING;

STORMS;

EID: 84922804424     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2356     Document Type: Article

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