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DOI | 10.1007/s00382-016-3338-6 |
Effects of cumulus parameterization closures on simulations of summer precipitation over the continental United States | |
Qiao, Fengxue1,2; Liang, Xin-Zhong2,3,4 | |
2017-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | CLIMATE DYNAMICS |
ISSN | 0930-7575 |
EISSN | 1432-0894 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 49 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China; USA |
英文摘要 | This study examines the effects of five cumulus closure assumptions on simulations of summer precipitation in the continental U.S. by utilizing an ensemble cumulus parameterization (ECP) that incorporates multiple alternate closure schemes into a single cloud model formulation. Results demonstrate that closure algorithms significantly affect the summer mean, daily frequency and intensity, and diurnal variation of precipitation, with strong regional dependence. Overall, the vertical velocity (W) closure produces the smallest summer mean biases, while the moisture convergence (MC) closure most realistically reproduces daily variability. Both closures have advantages over others in simulating U.S. daily rainfall frequency distribution, though both slightly overestimate intense rain events. The MC closure is superior at capturing summer rainfall amount, daily variability, and heavy rainfall frequency over the Central U.S., but systematically produces wet biases over the North American Monsoon (NAM) region and Southeast U.S., which can be reduced by using the W closure. The instability tendency (TD) and the total instability adjustment (KF) closures are better at capturing observed diurnal signals over the Central U.S. and the NAM, respectively. The results reasonably explain the systematic behaviors of several major cumulus parameterizations. A preliminary experiment combining two optimal closures (averaged moisture convergence and vertical velocity) in the ECP scheme significantly reduced the wet (dry) biases over the Southeast U.S. in the summer of 1993 (2003), and greatly improved daily rainfall correlations over the NAM. Further improved model simulation skills may be achieved in the future if optimal closures and their appropriate weights can be derived at different time scales based on specific climate regimes. |
英文关键词 | Ensemble cumulus parameterization Closure assumption Heavy rainfall frequency Precipitation diurnal variation |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000403716500013 |
WOS关键词 | CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION ; AMERICAN MONSOON REGION ; MASS FLUX CLOSURES ; DIURNAL CYCLE ; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION ; SEMIPROGNOSTIC TESTS ; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS ; US PRECIPITATION ; CLOUD ENSEMBLE ; RAINFALL |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/35672 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.East China Normal Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Geog Informat Sci, Shanghai, Peoples R China; 2.Univ Illinois, Dept Atmospher Sci, Champaign, IL 61820 USA; 3.Univ Maryland, Earth Syst Sci Interdisciplinary Ctr, 5825 Univ Res Court,Suite 4001, College Pk, MD 20740 USA; 4.Univ Maryland, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, College Pk, MD 20742 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Qiao, Fengxue,Liang, Xin-Zhong. Effects of cumulus parameterization closures on simulations of summer precipitation over the continental United States[J]. CLIMATE DYNAMICS,2017,49. |
APA | Qiao, Fengxue,&Liang, Xin-Zhong.(2017).Effects of cumulus parameterization closures on simulations of summer precipitation over the continental United States.CLIMATE DYNAMICS,49. |
MLA | Qiao, Fengxue,et al."Effects of cumulus parameterization closures on simulations of summer precipitation over the continental United States".CLIMATE DYNAMICS 49(2017). |
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