Stochastic convective parameterization improving the simulation of tropical precipitation variability in the NCAR CAM5

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6612-6619

  Wang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Guang J ^a,b   Craig, George C ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAM5; convection; stochastic parameterization; tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TROPICS;

CAM5; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRMM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZONAL WIND;

CHINA; GANSU; ZHANG;

EID: 84977151336     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069818     Document Type: Article

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