The diurnal cycle of rainfall over New Guinea in convection-permitting WRF simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 161-175

  Hassim, M E E ^a,c   Lane, T P ^a   Grabowski, W W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84957309391     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-161-2016     Document Type: Article

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