Comparison of one-moment and two-moment bulk microphysics for high-resolution climate simulations of intense precipitation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 147-148, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-161

  Van Weverberg, Kwinten ^a   Goudenhoofdt, Edouard ^b   Blahak, Ulrich ^c   Brisson, Erwan ^d   Demuzere, Matthias ^e   Marbaix, Philippe ^a   van Ypersele, Jean Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate; Convection permitting simulations; Drop size sorting; Microphysics parameterization; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REFLECTION; SCREENING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE; CONVECTION-PERMITTING SIMULATIONS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DROP SIZE; HIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODELS; MICROPHYSICS PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SURFACE PRECIPITATION;

RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DROPLET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84901987080     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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