Evaluation of Subgrid-Scale Hydrometeor Transport Schemes Using a High-Resolution Cloud-Resolving Model

• Published in: Journal of the atmospheric sciences Vol. 72; no. 9; pp. 3715 - 3731
• Main Authors: Wong, May, Ovchinnikov, Mikhail, Wang, Minghuai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Approximation; Benchmarks; Cloud water; Clouds; Computer simulation; Convection; Correlation; Decomposition; Diffusion; Distribution; Fluxes; Graupel; High resolution; Hydrometeor types; Hydrometeors; Ice; Meteorology; Microphysics; Parameterization; Parametrization; Precipitation; Probability density function; Probability density functions; Probability theory; Quadrants; Radiation; Rain; Scaling; Sensitivity; Simulation; Snow; Storms; Transport; Turbulent fluxes; Velocity; Vertical advection; Vertical distribution; Vertical profiles; Vortices

Potential ways of parameterizing vertical turbulent fluxes of hydrometeors are examined using a high-resolution simulation of continental deep convection. The cloud-resolving model uses a double-moment microphysics scheme that contains prognostic variables for four hydrometeor types: rain, graupel,...