Modeling the moist-convective atmosphere with a Quasi-3-D Multiscale Modeling Framework (Q3D MMF)

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-205

  Jung, Joon Hee ^a   Arakawa, Akio ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud effects in GCM; Q3D MMF; superparameterization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

CLOUD EFFECTS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; Q3D MMF; SUPERPARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; DIABATIC PROCESS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84899097139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013MS000295     Document Type: Article

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