Importance of the subgrid-scale turbulent moist process: Cloud distribution in global cloud-resolving simulations

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 208-217

  Noda, Akira T ^a   Oouchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Iga, Shin ichi ^a   Tsushima, Yoko ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climatology of cloud amount; Global cloud resolving model; High resolution simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION FOG; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLOUD AMOUNT; CLOUD PROCESS; GLOBAL CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; GLOBAL CLOUDS; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; LEVEL 2; MESH SIZE; MOIST PROCESS; NUMERICAL STABILITIES; OBSERVED DATA; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBGRID SCALE; TURBULENT CLOSURE SCHEMES; TURBULENT CLOSURES; TURBULENT TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ADVECTION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; FOG; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATION BUDGET; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77952322920     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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