Parametric sensitivity analysis of precipitation at global and local scales in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 382-411

  Qian, Yun ^a   Yan, Huiping ^a,b   Hou, Zhangshuan ^a   Johannesson, Gardar ^c   Klein, Stephen ^c   Lucas, Donald ^c   Neale, Richard ^d   Rasch, Philip ^a   Swiler, Laura ^e   Tannahill, John ^c   Wang, Hailong ^a   Wang, Minghuai ^f   Zhao, Chun ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aerosols; CAM5; cloud; parametric sensitivity; precipitation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAM5; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; QUASI-MONTE CARLO SAMPLINGS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027917292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000354     Document Type: Article

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