Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation: 1. Comparison over uniform surface conditions

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1576-1601

  Daleu, C L ^a   Plant, R S ^a   Woolnough, S J ^a   Sessions, S ^b   Herman, M J ^b   Sobel, A ^c   Wang, S ^d   Kim, D ^e   Cheng, A ^f   Bellon, G ^g   Peyrille, P ^h   Ferry, F ^h   Siebesma, P ⁱ   Van Ulft, L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^h MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

ⁱ ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

damped gravity wave; large scale parameterized dynamics; multiple equilibria; tropical convection; weak temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; INTERNATIONAL INTERCOMPARISON; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM; PARAMETERIZED; RADIATIVE-CONVECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTION; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84959539835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015MS000468     Document Type: Article

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