A Mass-Flux Cumulus Parameterization Scheme across Gray-Zone Resolutions

• Published in: Monthly weather review Vol. 145; no. 2; pp. 583 - 598
• Main Authors: Kwon, Young Cheol, Hong, Song-You
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington American Meteorological Society 01.02.2017
• Subjects: Atmospheric precipitations; Climate; Climatology; Cloud parameterization; Clouds; Computer simulation; Convective clouds; Cores; Detrainment; Experiments; Fluctuations; Flux; Heavy rainfall; Hydrometeors; Mass; Mass flux; Parameterization; Precipitation; Rain; Rainfall; Simulation; Studies; Summer monsoon; Velocity; Vertical velocities; Weather; Weather forecasting

A method that enables a mass-flux cumulus parameterization scheme (CPS) to work seamlessly in various model grids across CPS gray-zone resolutions is proposed. The convective cloud-base mass flux, convective inhibition, and convective detrainment in the simplified Arakawa–Schubert (SAS) scheme are m...