Modelling the diurnal cycle of deep precipitating convection over land with cloud-resolving models and single-column models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130 C, Issue 604, 2004, Pages 3139-3172

  Guichard, Francoise ^a   Petch, J C ^b   Redelsperger, J L ^a   Bechtold, P ^c   Chaboureau, J P ^a,d   Cheinet, S ^e   Grabowski, W ^f   Grenier, H ^a   Jones, C G ^g   Kohler M ^c   Piriou, J M ^a   Tailleux, R ^e   Tomasini, M ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^g SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cloud parametrization; Moisture; Stability; Transition regimes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STABILITY;

CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELS (CSM); CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DIURNAL CYCLES; SINGLE-COLUMN MODELS (SCM);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 13844292721     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.145     Document Type: Article

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