Large‐eddy simulation of the diurnal cycle of shallow cumulus convection over land

Andrew R. Brown(Met Office), R.T. Cederwall(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Andreas Chlond(Max Planck Institute for Meteorology), Peter G. Duynkerke(Utrecht University), Jean‐Christophe Golaz(Colorado State University), Marat Khairoutdinov(Colorado State University), D. C. Lewellen(West Virginia University), Adrian Lock(Met Office), M. K. MacVean(Met Office), Chin‐Hoh Moeng(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research), Roel Neggers(Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), A. Pier Siebesma(Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute), Björn Stevens(University of California, Los Angeles)
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
April 1, 2002
10.1256/003590002320373210
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Abstract Large‐eddy simulations of the development of shallow cumulus convection over land are presented. Many characteristics of the cumulus layer previously found in simulations of quasi‐steady convection over the sea are found to be reproduced in this more strongly forced, unsteady case. Furthermore, the results are shown to be encouragingly robust, with similar results obtained with eight independent models, and also across a range of numerical resolutions. The datasets produced are already being used in the development and evaluation of parametrizations used in numerical weather‐prediction and climate models. © Royal Meteorological Society, 2002. A. R. Brown's, A. P. Lock's and M. K. MacVean's contributions are Crown copyright.

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