Concurrent sensitivities of an idealized deep convective storm to parameterization of microphysics, horizontal grid resolution, and environmental static stability

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2082-2104

  Morrison, Hugh ^a   Morales, Annareli ^b,d   Villanueva Birriel, Cecille ^c,e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cloud parameterizations; Cloud resolving models; Convective storms

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; LAKES; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STORMS;

CLOUD PARAMETERIZATIONS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CONVECTIVE STORMS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MICROPHYSICS PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORM; UPDRAFT;

EID: 84943402452     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00271.1     Document Type: Article

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