A data-driven multi-cloud model for stochastic parametrization of deep convection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1991, 2013, Pages

  Dorrestijn, J ^a   Crommelin, D T ^a   Biello, J A ^b   Boing S J ^c  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Conditional Markov Chains; Large Eddy Simulation; Stochastic Cellular Automata; Variability

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DIGITAL STORAGE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; NATURAL CONVECTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CLIMATE; COUPLED MARKOV CHAINS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SPATIAL COUPLINGS; STOCHASTIC CELLULAR AUTOMATA; STOCHASTIC PARAMETRIZATION; VARIABILITY;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84876537495     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0374     Document Type: Article

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