Arakawa and Wu (2013, hereafter referred to as AW13) recently developed a formal approach to a unified parameterization of atmospheric convection for high-resolution numerical models. The work is based on ideas formulated by Arakawa et al. (2011). It lays the foundation for a new parameterization pathway in the era of high-resolution numerical modeling of the atmosphere. The key parameter in this approach is convective cloud fraction. In conventional parameterization, it is assumed that
Revised: July 15, 2015 |
Published: June 1, 2015
Citation
Zhang G., J. Fan, and K. Xu. 2015.Comments on “A Unified Representation of Deep Moist Convection in Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere. Part I”.Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 72.PNNL-SA-105106.doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0246.1