A new mixing-length formulation for the parameterization of dry convection: Implementation and evaluation in mesoscale model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2698-2707

  Teixeira, J ^a,b   Ferreira, J P ^c,d   Miranda, Pedro M A ^c   Haack, T ^a   Doyle, J ^a   Siebsema, A P ^e   Salgado, R ^f  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; CLIMATE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN LAND USE (CICLUS); COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEM (COAMPS); DATA ASSIMILATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 10244260428     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2808.1     Document Type: Review

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