Sensitivity of tropical deep convection in global models: Effects of horizontal resolution, surface constraints, and 3D atmospheric nudging

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 148-154

  Chemel, Charles ^a   Russo, Maria R ^b   Hosking, J Scott ^b,c   Telford, Paul J ^b   Pyle, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global models; Nudging; Surface fluxes; Tropical deep convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 84927699523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.540     Document Type: Article

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