Precipitation distributions for explicit versus parametrized convection in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 668, 2012, Pages 1692-1708

  Holloway, C E ^a   Woolnough, S J ^a   Lister, G M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cascade; CRM; CSRM; GCM; Rainfall; TRMM

Indexed keywords

COARSER RESOLUTION MODEL; CONVECTION MODEL; CONVECTIVE PARAMETRIZATION; CRM; CSRM; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEAVY RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION RATES; RAIN RATES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRMM; TROPICAL OCEAN; TROPICAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNIFIED MODEL; WEATHER MODELS;

CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRMM;

EID: 84868149406     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1903     Document Type: Article

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