An ensemble cumulus convection parameterization with explicit cloud treatment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3854-3869

  Wagner, Till M ^a   Graf, Hans F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection; Cumulus clouds; Global climate models; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD HEIGHTS; CONVECTION; CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CUMULUS CLOUD; CUMULUS CONVECTION; DIURNAL CYCLE; EXPLICIT INFORMATION; FULL SPECTRUM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LAGRANGIAN; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED PHASE MICROPHYSICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; SCHEME MODELS; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME STEP; TROPICAL CONVECTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 78651062867     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3485.1     Document Type: Article

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