EarthRef.org Reference Database (ERR)
Development and Maintenance by the EarthRef.org Database Team

Detailed Reference Information
Kuang et al. 2005
Kuang, Z., Blossey, P.N. and Bretherton, C.S. (2005). A new approach for 3D cloud-resolving simulations of large-scale atmospheric circulation. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2004GL021024. issn: 0094-8276.

We present a computationally efficient new method for simulating the interactions of large-scale atmospheric circulations with deep convection in a 3D cloud-resolving model. This is accomplished by reducing the scale difference between the large-scale and convective circulations. Our method, Diabatic Acceleration and REscaling (DARE), consists of accelerating all diabatic processes, reducing the planetary radius and increasing its rotation rate. A second useful interpretation of this rescaling, Reduced Acceleration in the VErtical (RAVE) is also presented briefly. The DARE/RAVE approach is expected to be useful for a wide range of problems involving interactions between large-scale circulation, deep convection, and associated cloud and radiation processes, whose investigation has long been plagued by deficiencies in cumulus/cloud parameterizations. Initial results from a near-global scale equatorial ¿-plane simulation using the DARE approach are briefly presented.

BACKGROUND DATA FILES

Abstract

Keywords
Atmospheric Processes, Convective processes, Atmospheric Processes, Tides and planetary waves, Atmospheric Processes, Global climate models (1626, 4928), Atmospheric Processes, Ocean/atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504), Atmospheric Processes, Tropical meteorology
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
2000 Florida Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009-1277
USA
1-202-462-6900
1-202-328-0566
service@agu.org
Click to clear formClick to return to previous pageClick to submit