Sea-breeze dynamics and convection initiation: The influence of convective parameterization in weather and climate model biases

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8093-8108

  Birch, Cathryn E ^a   Roberts, Malcolm J ^b   Garcia Carreras, Luis ^a   Ackerley, Duncan ^c   Reeder, Michael J ^c   Lock, Adrian P ^b   Schiemann, Reinhard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Convective parameterization; Diurnal effects; General circulation models; Geographic location entity; Maritime Continent; Models and modeling; Precipitation; Sea breezes; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947594009     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00850.1     Document Type: Article

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