TWP-ICE global atmospheric model intercomparison: Convection responsiveness and resolution impact

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Yanluan ^a,b   Donner, L J ^b   Petch, J ^c   Bechtold, P ^d   Boyle, J ^e   Klein, S A ^e   Komori, T ^f   Wapler, K ^g   Willett, M ^c   Xie, X ^h   Zhao, M ^a,b   Xie, S ^e   McFarlane, S A ⁱ   Schumacher, C ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^g DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; EXPERIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLOUD PROPERTIES; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DIABATIC HEATING; DIURNAL CYCLE; DRY PERIODS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HEATING STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERCOMPARISONS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATION; MONSOON REGIMES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; THERMODYNAMIC FIELDS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUMULUS; DIABATIC PROCESS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEATING; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPOSPHERE; WARM POOL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84861137836     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017018     Document Type: Article

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