Sensitivity of Precipitation in Aqua-Planet Experiments with an AGCM

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Hai Yang, Yu ^a,b   Qing, Bao ^a   Lin Jiong, Zhou ^a,b   Xiao Cong, Wang ^a   Yi Min, Liu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

aqua planet experiment; dynamical core; horizontal resolution; precipitation sensitivity; time step

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 85075735986     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3878/j.issn.1674-2834.13.0033     Document Type: Article

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