A reduced complexity framework to bridge the gap between AGCMs and cloud-resolving models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 860-866

  Reed, Kevin A ^a   Medeiros, Brian ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AGCMs; convection; high resolution; RCE; reduced complexity

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT CONVECTION;

AGCMS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; REDUCED COMPLEXITY; STATISTICAL EQUILIBRIUM;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPLEXITY; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; COOLING; EQUILIBRIUM; PLANET; RESOLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84958061555     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066713     Document Type: Article

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