Parameterization of PBL processes in an atmospheric general circulation model: Description and preliminary assessment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1061-1082

  Konor, Celal S ^a   Boezio, Gabriel Cazes ^b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^c   Arakawa, Akio ^c  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BAROCLINIC; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EARTH'S SURFACE; EVAPORATIVE COOLING; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MASS ENTRAINMENT; MULTIPLE LAYERS; OCEAN SURFACES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SINGLE LAYER; SQUARE ROOTS; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENT FLUX; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA , LOS ANGELES; VELOCITY SCALE; VERTICAL COORDINATES; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLOUDS; EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND;

UCLA;

EID: 68249159684     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2464.1     Document Type: Article

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