Impact of horizontal resolution on climate model forecasts of tropical precipitation and diabatic heating for the TWP-ICE period

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Boyle, James ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; ICE; LAKES; RAIN; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DIABATIC HEATING; DRY CONDITION; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; LAND-SEA BREEZE; MARITIME CONTINENT; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MOIST PROCESS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; RAINFALL EVENT; SHORT-TERM FORECASTS; SIMULATED PROFILE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TIME-PERIODS; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; WARM POOLS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DIABATIC PROCESS; FORECASTING METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 78649911898     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014262     Document Type: Article

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