Simulation of upscale error growth with a stochastic convection scheme

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3056-3062

  Selz, Tobias ^a   Craig, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cumulus parametrization; Predictability; Stochastic parametrization; Upscale error growth

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COARSER GRID; CUMULUS PARAMETRIZATION; ERROR GROWTH; GRID SCALE; HIGH RESOLUTION; PREDICTABILITY; STOCHASTIC PARAMETRIZATION;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONVECTION; CUMULUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPSCALING;

EID: 84929504816     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063525     Document Type: Article

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