A short review of numerical cloud-resolving models

F Guichard, F Couvreux - Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
A cloud-resolving model (CRM) allows performing numerical simulations of convective
clouds, such as shallow cumulus and stratocumulus, or storms and squall-lines with a …

[HTML][HTML] Cloud resolving modeling of the ARM summer 1997 IOP: Model formulation, results, uncertainties, and sensitivities

MF Khairoutdinov, DA Randall - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
A new three-dimensional cloud resolving model (CRM) has been developed to study the
statistical properties of cumulus convection. The model was applied to simulate a 28-day …

Sensitivity of a simulated squall line to horizontal resolution and parameterization of microphysics

GH Bryan, H Morrison - Monthly Weather Review, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Idealized simulations of the 15 May 2009 squall line from the Second Verification of the
Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) are evaluated in this study. Four …

[HTML][HTML] Simulations of the atmospheric general circulation using a cloud-resolving model as a superparameterization of physical processes

M Khairoutdinov, D Randall… - Journal of the …, 2005 - journals.ametsoc.org
Simulations of the Atmospheric General Circulation Using a Cloud-Resolving Model as a
Superparameterization of Physical Processes in: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume …

Comparing clouds and their seasonal variations in 10 atmospheric general circulation models with satellite measurements

MH Zhang, WY Lin, SA Klein… - Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the current status of climate models in simulating clouds, basic cloud
climatologies from ten atmospheric general circulation models are compared with satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale modeling of the moist-convective atmosphere—A review

A Arakawa, JH Jung - Atmospheric research, 2011 - Elsevier
Multiscale modeling of the moist-convective atmosphere is reviewed with an emphasis on
the recently proposed approaches of unified parameterization and Quasi-3D (Q3D) …

The simulation of the diurnal cycle of convective precipitation over land in a global model

P Bechtold, JP Chaboureau, A Beljaars… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In the context of the European Cloud Systems project, the problem of the simulation of the
diurnal cycle of convective precipitation over land is addressed with the aid of cloud …

Cloud‐resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part I—Convective updrafts

J Fan, B Han, A Varble, H Morrison… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An intercomparison study of a midlatitude mesoscale squall line is performed using the
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at 1 km horizontal grid spacing with eight …

Evaluation of cloud‐resolving and limited area model intercomparison simulations using TWP‐ICE observations: 1. Deep convective updraft properties

A Varble, EJ Zipser, AM Fridlind, P Zhu… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ten 3‐D cloud‐resolving model simulations and four 3‐D limited area model simulations of
an intense mesoscale convective system observed on 23–24 January 2006 during the …

A mass-flux cumulus parameterization scheme for large-scale models: Description and test with observations

T Wu - Climate Dynamics, 2012 - Springer
A simple mass-flux cumulus parameterization scheme suitable for large-scale atmospheric
models is presented. The scheme is based on a bulk-cloud approach and has the following …