Evaluation of microphysics parameterization for convective clouds in the NCAR community atmosphere model CAM5

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8568-8590

  Song, Xiaoliang ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a   Li, J L F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Climate models; Cloud parameterizations; Convective parameterization; Cumulus clouds; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EFFECT; AEROSOL LOADING; CLOUD DROPLET ACTIVATION; CLOUD LIQUID WATER PATH; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; CUMULUS CLOUD; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; ICE NUCLEATION; LARGE-SCALE PRECIPITATION; LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS; MASS MIXING RATIO; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; MICROPHYSICS PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL EVALUATION; NEGATIVE BIAS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; STRATIFORM CLOUDS; SUBTROPICAL OCEAN; WESTERN PACIFIC;

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLOUDS; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84865463788     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00563.1     Document Type: Article

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