Bulk convergence of cloud-resolving simulations of moist convection over complex terrain

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2207-2228

  Langhans, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidli, Juerg ^a   Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cloud resolving models; Convective clouds; Large eddy simulations; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Subgrid scale processes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; BULK EFFECT; BULK PROPERTIES; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RESOLVING SIMULATION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CONTROL VOLUMES; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; GRID-INDEPENDENT; GRID-SPACINGS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE; MOIST CONVECTION; NUMERICAL CONVERGENCE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SMALL-SCALE DYNAMICS; SUBGRID SCALE; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; VERTICAL FLUXES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84864836772     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0252.1     Document Type: Article

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