Comparison of observed and simulated spatial patterns of ice microphysical processes in tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 8269-8296

  Barnes, Hannah C ^a   Houze, Robert A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER RADAR; ICE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84982256672     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025074     Document Type: Article

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