Improving representation of convective transport for scale-aware parameterization: 2. Analysis of cloud-resolving model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3510-3532

  Liu, Yi Chin ^a   Fan, Jiwen ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^b   Xu, Kuan Man ^c   Ghan, Steven J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CUMULUS; EDDY COVARIANCE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84929712294     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022145     Document Type: Article

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