Aquaplanet experiments using CAM's variable-resolution dynamical core

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5481-5503

  Zarzycki, Colin M ^a   Levy, Michael N ^b   Jablonowski, Christiane ^a   Overfelt, James R ^c   Taylor, Mark A ^c   Ullrich, Paul A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; General circulation models; Model evaluation performance; Multigrid models; Numerical analysis modeling; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

CAMS; CLIMATE MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; MULTI-GRID MODEL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84904479646     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00004.1     Document Type: Article

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