Diurnal variations of simulated precipitation over East Asia in two regional climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Koo, Myung Seo ^a   Hong, Song You ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EAST ASIA; MODEL RESULTS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL SPECTRAL MODEL; SEASONAL MEAN; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIA;

EID: 77949434463     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012574     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Allen, M. B., and E. L. Isaacson (1998), Approximation of functions, in Numerical Analysis for Applied Science, pp. 66-71, John Wiley, Hoboken, N. J.
2. Basu, B. K. (2007), Diurnal variation in precipitation over India during the summer monsoon season: Observed and model predicted, Mon. Weather Rev., 135, 2155-2167, doi:10.1175/MWR3355.1. (Pubitemid 47050416)
3. Chou, M.-D. (1992), A solar radiation model for use in climate studies, J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 762-772, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1992)049<0762:ASRMFU>2. 0.CO;2.
4. Chou, M.-D., K.-T. Lee, S.-C. Tsay, and Q. Fu (1999), Parameterization for cloud longwave scattering for use in atmospheric models, J. Clim., 12, 159.169.
5. Dai, A. (2001), Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part II: Diurnal variations, J. Clim., 14, 1112-1128, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2001) 014<1112:GPATFP>2.0.CO;2.
6. Dai, A., and K. E. Trenberth (2004), The diurnal cycle and its depiction in the community climate system model, J. Clim., 17, 930-951, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0930:TDCAID>2.0.CO;2.
7. Dai, A., F. Giorgi, and K. E. Trenberth (1999), Observed and modelsimulated diurnal cycles of precipitation over the contiguous United States, J. Geophys. Res., 104(D6), 6377-6402, doi:10.1029/98JD02720.
8. Davis, C. A., K. W. Manning, R. E. Carbone, S. B. Trier, and J. D. Tuttle (2003), Coherence of warm-season continental rainfall in numerical weather prediction models, Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 2667-2679, doi:10.1175/1520- 0493(2003)131<2667:COWCRI>2.0.CO;2. (Pubitemid 37538335)
9. Dudhia, J. (1989), Numerical study of convection observed during the winter monsoon experiment using a mesoscale two-dimensional model, J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 3077-3107, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<3077:NSOCOD>2.0.CO;2.
10. Dudhia, J. (1996), A multi-layer soil temperature model for MM5, paper presented at 6th Annual PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) Users Workshop, Penn. State Univ., Boulder, Colo.
11. Grell, G. A., and D. Devenyi (2002), A generalized approach to parameterizing convection combining ensemble and data assimilation techniques, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(14), 1693, doi:10.1029/2002GL015311.
12. Hong, S.-Y., and A. Leetmaa (1999), An evaluation of the NCEP RSM for regional climate modeling, J. Clim., 12, 592-609, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1999) 012<0592:AEOTNR>2.0.CO;2.
13. Hong, S.-Y., and H.-L. Pan (1998), Convective trigger function for a mass flux cumulus parameterization scheme, Mon. Weather Rev., 126, 2599. 2620, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2599:CTFFAM>2.0.CO;2.
14. Hong, S.-Y., H.-M. H. Jung, and Q. Zhao (1998), Implementation of prognostic cloud scheme for a regional spectral model, Mon. Weather Rev., 126, 2621-2639, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2621:IOPCSF>2.0.CO;2.
15. Hong, S.-Y., J. Dudhia, and S.-H. Chen (2004), A revised approach to icemicrophysical processes for the bulk parameterization of cloud and precipitation, Mon. Weather Rev., 132, 103-120, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2004) 132<0103:ARATIM>2.0.CO;2.
16. Hong, S.-Y., Y. Noh, and J. Dudhia (2006), A new vertical diffusion package with an explicit treatment of entrainment processes, Mon. Weather Rev., 134, 2318-2341, doi:10.1175/MWR3199.1. (Pubitemid 44445432)
17. Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, E. J. Nelkin, K. P. Bowman, Y. Hong, E. F. Stocker, and D. B. Wolff (2007), The TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis (TMPA): Quasi-global, multiyear, combined-sensor precipitation estimates at fine scales, J. Hydrometeorol., 8, 38-55, doi:10.1175/JHM560.1. (Pubitemid 46444451)
18. Janjic, Z. I. (1994), The step-mountain eta coordinate model: Further developments of the convection, viscous sublayer, and turbulence closure schemes, Mon. Weather Rev., 122, 927-945, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1994) 122<0927:TSMECM>2.0.CO;2.
19. Janjic, Z. I. (2002), Nonsingular implementation of the Mellor-Yamada level 2.5 scheme in the NCEP mesomodel, Off. Note 437, 61 pp., Natl. Cent. for Environ. Prot., Camp Springs, Md.
20. Juang, H.-M. H., S.-Y. Hong, and M. Kanamitsu (1997), The NCEP regional spectral model: An update, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 78, 2125-2143, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<2125:TNRSMA>2.0.CO;2.
21. Jung, J.-H., and M.-S. Suh (2005), Characteristics and types of the diurnal variation of hourly precipitation during rainy season over South Korea, J. Korean Meteorol. Soc., 41, 533.546.
22. Kain, J. S., and J. M. Fritsch (1993), Convective Parameterization for Mesoscale Models: The Kain-Fritsch Scheme. The Representation of Cumulus Convection in Numerical Models, edited by K. A. Emanuel and D. J. Raymond, 246 pp., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, Mass.
23. Kanamitsu, M., W. Ebisuzaki, J. Woollen, S.-K. Yang, J. J. Hnilo, M. M. Fiorino, and G. L. Potter (2002), NCEP-DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2), Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 83, 1631-1643, doi:10.1175/BAMS-83-11-1631(2002)083<1631: NAR>2.3.CO;2.
24. Kang, H.-S., and S.-Y. Hong (2008), Sensitivity of the simulated East Asian summer monsoon climatology to four convective parameterization schemes, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15119, doi:10.1029/2007JD009692.
25. Kataoka, A., and T. Satomura (2005), Numerical simulation on the diurnal variation of precipitation over northeastern Bangladesh: A case study of an active period 14.21 June 1995, SOLA, 1, 205-208, doi:10.2151/sola.2005-053.
26. Knievel, J. C., D. A. Ahijevych, and K. W. Manning (2004), Using temporal modes of rainfall to evaluate the performance of a numerical weather prediction model, Mon. Weather Rev., 132, 2995-3009, doi:10.1175/MWR2828.1. (Pubitemid 40099019)
27. Koo, M.-S., S.-Y. Hong, and J. Kim (2009), An evaluation of the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) multi-satellite precipitation analysis (TMPA) data over South Korea, Asia Pac. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 265.282.
28. LaRow, T. E., S. D. Cocke, and D. W. Shin (2005), Multiconvective parameterizations as a multimodel proxy for seasonal climate studies, J. Clim., 18, 2963-2978, doi:10.1175/JCLI3448.1. (Pubitemid 41373033)
29. Lee, M.-I. et al. (2007), Sensitivity to horizontal resolution in the AGCM simulations of warm season diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States and northern Mexico, J. Clim., 20, 1862-1881, doi:10.1175/JCLI4090.1. (Pubitemid 46831922)
30. Li, J., R. Yu, and T. Zhou (2008), Seasonal variation of the diurnal cycle of rainfall in southern contiguous China, J. Clim., 21, 6036-6043, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2188.1.
31. Liu, C., and M. W. Moncrieff (1998), A numerical study of the diurnal cycle of tropical oceanic convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2329-2344, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1998)0552.0.CO;2.
32. Mahrt, L., and H.-L. Pan (1984), A two layer model of soil hydrology, Boundary Layer Meteorol., 29, 1-20, doi:10.1007/BF00119116.
33. Mlawer, E. J., S. J. Taubman, P. D. Brown, M. J. Iacono, and S. A. Clough (1997), Radiative transfer for inhomogeneous atmosphere: RRTM, a validated correlated-k model for the long-wave, J. Geophys. Res., 102(D14), 16,663.16,682, doi:10.1029/97JD00237.
34. Noh, Y., C. J. Jang, T. Yamagata, P. C. Chu, and C.-H. Kim (2002), Simulation of more realistic upper-ocean processes from an OGCM with a new ocean mixed layer model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1284-1307, doi:10.1175/1520- 0485(2002)032<1284:SOMRUO>2.0.CO;2.
35. Oki, T., and K. Musiake (1994), Seasonal change of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over Japan and Malaysia, J. Appl. Meteorol., 33, 1445. 1463, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1994)033<1445:SCOTDC>2.0.CO;2.
36. Palmer, T. N. et al. (2004), Development of a European multimodel ensemble system for seasonal-to-interannual prediction (DEMETER), Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 85, 853-872, doi:10.1175/BAMS-85-6-853.
37. Pleim, J. (2007), A combined local and nonlocal closure model for the atmospheric boundary layer. Part I: Model description and testing, J. Appl. Meteorol., 46, 1393.1395.
38. Ramage, C. S. (1952), Diurnal variation of summer rainfall over east China, Korea, and Japan, J. Meteorol., 9, 83.86.
39. Reynolds, R. W., and T. M. Smith (1994), Improved global sea surface temperature analyses using optimum interpolation, J. Clim., 7, 929. 948, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1994)007<0929:IGSSTA>2.0.CO;2.
40. Seo, H., A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads (2007), The Scripps Coupled Ocean. Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) model, with applications in the eastern Pacific sector, J. Clim., 20, 381-402, doi:10.1175/JCLI4016.1. (Pubitemid 46332516)
41. Skamarock, W. C., J. B. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. O. Gill, D. M. Barker, M. G. Duda, X.-Y. Huang, W. Wang, and J. G. Powers (2008), A description of the advanced research WRF version 3, NCAR Tech. Note NCAR/TN-475+STR., 125 pp., Natl. Cent. for Atmos. Res., Boulder, Colo.
42. Stephens, M. Y., R. J. Oglesby, and M. Maxey (2005), A one-dimensional mixed layer ocean model for use in three-dimensional climate simulations: Control simulation compared to observations, J. Clim., 18, 2199-2221, doi:10.1175/JCLI3380.1. (Pubitemid 41460977)
43. Su, F., Y. Hong, and D. P. Lettenmaier (2008), Evaluation of TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis (TMPA) and its utility in hydrologic prediction in the La Plata Basin, J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 622-640, doi:10.1175/2007JHM944.1.
44. Trenberth, K. E., A. Dai, R. M. Rasmussen, and D. B. Parsons (2003), The changing character of precipitation, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 84, 1205-1217, doi:10.1175/BAMS-84-9-1205.
45. Tucker, D. F. (1993), Diurnal precipitation variations in south-central New Mexico, Mon. Weather Rev., 121, 1979-1991, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1993) 121<1979:DPVISC>2.0.CO;2.
46. Wallace, J. M. (1975), Diurnal variations in precipitation and thunderstorm frequency over the conterminous United States, Mon. Weather Rev., 103, 406-419, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1975)103<0406:DVIPAT>2.0.CO;2.
47. Wang, Y., L. Zhou, and K. Hamilton (2007), Effect of convective entrainment/detrainment on the simulation of the tropical precipitation diurnal cycle, Mon. Weather Rev., 135, 567-585, doi:10.1175/MWR3308.1. (Pubitemid 46344375)
48. Wilks, D. S. (1995), Statistical weather forecasting, in Statistical Methods in the Atmospheric Sciences: An Introduction, pp. 159-168, Academic Press, San Diego, Calif.
49. Xie, S.-P., T. Miyama, Y. Wang, H. Xu, S. de Szoeke, R. O. Small, K. J. Richards, T. Mochizuki, and T. Awaji (2007), A regional ocean.atmosphere model for eastern Pacific climate: Toward reducing tropical biases, J. Clim., 20, 1504-1522, doi:10.1175/JCLI4080.1. (Pubitemid 46681946)
50. Zhou, T., R. Yu, H. Chen, A. Dai, and Y. Pan (2008), Summer precipitation frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle over China: A comparison of satellite data with rain gauge observations, J. Clim., 21, 3997-4010, doi:10.1175/ 2008JCLI2028.1.