Evaluating the performance of planetary boundary layer and cloud microphysical parameterization schemes in convection-permitting ensemble forecasts using synthetic GOES-13 satellite observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-182

  Cintineo, Rebecca ^a   Otkin, Jason A ^a   Xue, Ming ^b   Kong, Fanyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SUB-GRID SCALE PROCESS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; PHYSICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GOES; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892468921     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00143.1     Document Type: Article

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