Basic Concepts for Convection Parameterization in Weather Forecast and Climate Models: COST Action ES0905 Final Report

Atmosphere

Jun–Ichi Yano⁸  Jean-François Geleyn⁸  Martin Köhler⁵  Dmitrii Mironov⁵  Johannes Quaas³  Pedro M. M. Soares⁷  Vaughan T. J. Phillips⁴  Robert S. Plant²  Anna Deluca¹  Pascal Marquet⁸  Lukrecia Stulic⁶  Zeljka Fuchs⁶ 

[1] Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany; E-Mail:;Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, RG6 6BB Reading, UK; E-Mail:;Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; E-Mail:;Department of Physical Geography,and Ecosystem Science, University of Lund, Solvegatan 12, Lund 223 62, Sweden; E-Mail:;DWD, 63067 Offenbach, Germany; E-Mails:Department of Physics, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia;;Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; E-Mail:;CNRM/GAME UMR 3589, Météo-France and CNRS, 31057 Toulouse Cedex, France; E-Mails:

关键词: parameterization;    convection;    subgrid scales;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atmos6010088

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【 摘 要 】

The research network “Basic Concepts for Convection Parameterization in Weather Forecast and Climate Models” was organized with European funding (COST Action ES0905) for the period of 2010–2014. Its extensive brainstorming suggests how the subgrid-scale parameterization problem in atmospheric modeling, especially for convection, can be examined and developed from the point of view of a robust theoretical basis. Our main cautions are current emphasis on massive observational data analyses and process studies. The closure and the entrainment–detrainment problems are identified as the two highest priorities for convection parameterization under the mass–flux formulation. The need for a drastic change of the current European research culture as concerns policies and funding in order not to further deplete the visions of the European researchers focusing on those basic issues is emphasized.

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