Intensification of convective extremes driven by cloud-cloud interaction

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 748-752

  Moseley, Christopher ^a   Hohenegger, Cathy ^a   Berg, Peter ^b   Haerter, Jan O ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRACKING;

EID: 84989876826     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2789     Document Type: Article

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