Assessment of the regional climate model version 3 over the maritime continent using different cumulus parameterization and land surface schemes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 638-656

  Gianotti, Rebecca L ^a   Zhang, Dongfeng ^b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Diurnal effects; Maritime Continent; Rainfall; Regional models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTION; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL EFFECTS; DIURNAL RAINFALL; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; ERROR MAGNITUDE; INTEGRATED BIOSPHERE SIMULATORS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE SCHEME; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LOW-INTENSITY RAINFALL; MARITIME CONTINENT; MODEL ERRORS; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; TRANSFER SYSTEMS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; GRAPHIC METHODS; RAIN GAGES; RATING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BIOSPHERE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CUMULUS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRMM;

EID: 84863033740     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00025.1     Document Type: Article

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