Influence of turbulence parameterizations on high-resolution numerical modeling of tropical convection observed during the TC4 field campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Parodi, Antonio ^a   Tanelli, Simone ^b  

^a CIMA Research Foundation ^*  (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EAST PACIFIC; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NUMERICAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVERGENCE; FIELDWORK; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; RADIOSONDE; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 77956044593     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013302     Document Type: Article

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