Two- and three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulations of the mesoscale enhancement of surface heat fluxes by precipitating deep convection

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-149

  Wu, Xiaoqing ^a   Guimond, Stephen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATIONS; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS; DEEP CONVECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MESOSCALE; MODEL SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; RMS ERRORS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SUB-GRIDS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TOTAL FLUX; TROPICAL OCEAN-GLOBAL ATMOSPHERES;

HEAT FLUX; NATURAL CONVECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 34548257857     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCL3610.1     Document Type: Article

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