Improved stochastic physics schemes for global weather and climate models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 694, 2016, Pages 147-159

  Sanchez, Claudio ^a   Williams, Keith D ^a   Collins, Matthew ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; Ensemble prediction; Stochastic physics; Tropical biases

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BALLOONS; BUDGET CONTROL; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STOCHASTIC KINETICS; STOCHASTIC PERTURBATIONS; TROPICAL BIASES; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84957848216     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2640     Document Type: Article

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