Evaluation of precipitation simulated by seven SCMs against the ARM observations at the SGP site

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5467-5492

  Song, Hua ^a   Lin, Wuyin ^a   Lin, Yanluan ^b,f   Wolf, Audrey B ^c   Neggers, Roel ^d   Donner, Leo J ^b   Del Genio, Anthony D ^e   Liu, Yangang ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Model evaluation performance; Single column models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; MOISTURE ADVECTION; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

ADVECTION; MOISTURE;

RAIN;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84881231167     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00263.1     Document Type: Article

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