Improvements in the subgrid-scale representation of moist convection in a cumulus parameterization scheme: The single-column test and its impact on seasonal prediction

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2135-2154

  Byun, Young Hwa ^a,b   Hong, Song You ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; FORECAST MODEL; MOIST CONVECTION; SEASONAL PREDICTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CUMULUS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34447327207     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3397.1     Document Type: Article

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