Analytic upscaling of a local microphysics scheme. Part I: Derivation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 670, 2013, Pages 46-57

  Larson, Vincent E ^a   Griffin, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Microphysics; Parametrization; Probability density function; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL FORMS; GRID-BOX; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LOG-NORMAL; MARINE STRATOCUMULUS; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; MICROPHYSICS; NORMAL MIXTURES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; POWER-LAW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SUB-GRID VARIABILITY; UPSCALING;

CLOUDS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

PHYSICS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRATOCUMULUS; UPSCALING;

EID: 84873308068     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1967     Document Type: Article

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