Modelling convective processes during the suppressed phase of a madden-julian oscillation: Comparing single-column models with cloud-resolving models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 647, 2010, Pages 333-353

  Woolnough, S J ^a   Blossey, P N ^b   Xu, K M ^c   Bechtold, P ^d   Chaboureau, J P ^e   Hosomi, T ^f   Iacobellis, S F ^g   Luo, Y ^h   Petch, J C ⁱ   Wong, R Y ⁱ   Xie, S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^f JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

ⁱ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^j LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cloud resolving modelling; GCSS; Model intercomparison; Tropical convection

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD SYSTEMS; CLOUD-RESOLVING; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODELLING; DEEP CONVECTION; DRYING EFFECTS; GLOBAL ENERGY; GRADUAL TRANSITION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MELTING LEVELS; NUMBER OF STATE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PRECIPITATION RATES; SHALLOW CONVECTION; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; TRANSITION PERIOD; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WATER CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERICS; DEWATERING; NATURAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TURBULENT FLOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77949416699     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.568     Document Type: Article

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