Improved simulation of precipitation in the tropics using a modified BMJ scheme in the WRF model

Fonseca, R. M.; Zhang, T.; Yong, K.-T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2915-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2915-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2915-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 9

Development and technical paper

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22 Sep 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 22 Sep 2015

Improved simulation of precipitation in the tropics using a modified BMJ scheme in the WRF model

R. M. Fonseca, T. Zhang, and K.-T. Yong

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Sep 2015)
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RC C1155: 'Accept', Basanta Samala, 17 Jun 2015
- AC C1265: 'Reply to comments by B. Samala (Referee)', Ricardo Fonseca, 30 Jun 2015
- RC C1559: 'comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Aug 2015

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AR by Ricardo Fonseca on behalf of the Authors (25 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Sep 2015) by Klaus Gierens

AR by Ricardo Fonseca on behalf of the Authors (08 Sep 2015)

Short summary

In this study the BMJ scheme, a convective adjustment scheme where temperature and humidity are relaxed towards reference profiles, as implemented in the WRF model version 3.3.1, is modified so that the precipitation produced by the model is in better agreement with that observed as given by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 data set. The "modified BMJ" scheme gives a better representation of the observed rainfall for the whole tropics in both winter and summer seasons.