Convective updraught evaluation in high-resolution NWP simulations using single-Doppler radar measurements

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 693, 2015, Pages 3177-3189

  Nicol, J C ^a   Hogan, R J ^a   Stein, T H M ^a   Hanley, K E ^b   Clark, P A ^a   Halliwell, C E ^b   Lean, H W ^b   Plant, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MetOffice at Reading ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective updraught; Grid length; Numerical weather prediction; Single Doppler radar retrievals; Sub grid turbulence; Vertical velocities

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR; MIXING; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; STORMS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE UPDRAUGHT; GRID LENGTH; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SINGLE-DOPPLER RADAR RETRIEVALS; SUB-GRIDS; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER RADAR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; STORM; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84952299235     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2602     Document Type: Article

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