The formation, character and changing nature of mesoscale convective systems

RS Schumacher, KL Rasmussen - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) describe organized groupings of thunderstorms in
the tropics and mid-latitudes that span thousands of square kilometres. While recognized for …

Metrics as tools for bridging climate science and applications

KA Reed, N Goldenson, R Grotjahn… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In climate science and applications, the term “metric” is used to describe the distillation of
complex, multifaceted evaluations to summarize the overall quality of a model simulation, or …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal characteristics and large-scale environments of mesoscale convective systems east of the Rocky Mountains

Z Feng, RA Houze, LR Leung, F Song… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Large-Scale Environments of Mesoscale Convective
Systems East of the Rocky Mountains in: Journal of Climate Volume 32 Issue 21 (2019) Jump to …

Evaluation of mesoscale convective systems in climate simulations: Methodological development and results from MPAS-CAM over the United States

Z Feng, F Song, K Sakaguchi, LR Leung - Journal of Climate, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A process-oriented approach is developed to evaluate warm-season mesoscale convective
system (MCS) precipitation and their favorable large-scale meteorological patterns …

Updraft and downdraft core size and intensity as revealed by radar wind profilers: MCS observations and idealized model comparisons

D Wang, SE Giangrande, Z Feng… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the updraft and downdraft properties of mature stage mesoscale
convective systems (MCSs) in terms of draft core width, shape, intensity, and mass flux …

Exploratory precipitation metrics: Spatiotemporal characteristics, process-oriented, and phenomena-based

LR Leung, WR Boos, JL Catto, C A. DeMott… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Precipitation sustains life and supports human activities, making its prediction one of the
most societally relevant challenges in weather and climate modeling. Limitations in …

Understanding and reducing warm and dry summer biases in the central United States: Improving cumulus parameterization

C Sun, XZ Liang - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Most climate models still suffer large warm and dry summer biases in the central United
States (CUS). As a solution, we improved cumulus parameterization to represent 1) the …

Mesoscale convective systems in a superparameterized E3SM simulation at high resolution

G Lin, CR Jones, LR Leung, Z Feng… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurately representing mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) is crucial to simulating the
energy and water cycles in global climate models. Using a novel MCS identification and …

Observed and projected changes of large‐scale environments conducive to spring MCS initiation over the US Great Plains

F Song, LR Leung, Z Feng, X Chen… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are frequent over the US Great Plains during spring.
The link between large‐scale environments and spring MCS initiation were well established …

Meteorological environments associated with California wildfires and their potential roles in wildfire changes during 1984–2017

L Dong, LR Leung, Y Qian, Y Zou… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
California has experienced more wildfires in recent years, resulting in huge economic losses
and threatening human health. Clarifying the meteorological environments of wildfires is …