Supplying local microphysics parameterizations with information about subgrid variability: Latin hypercube sampling

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4010-4026

  Larson, Vincent E ^a   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^b   Jiang, Hongli ^c   Cotton, William R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; STRATOCUMULUS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 26444563231     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3624.1     Document Type: Article

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