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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2533-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2533-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Numerical framework and performance of the new multiple-phase cloud microphysics scheme in RegCM4.5: precipitation, cloud microphysics, and cloud radiative effects
Rita Nogherotto
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP,
Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
Adrian Mark Tompkins
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP,
Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
Graziano Giuliani
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP,
Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
Erika Coppola
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP,
Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
Filippo Giorgi
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics ICTP,
Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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Short summary
The paper presents a new cloud scheme for regional climate model RegCM4.5. The new scheme treats microphysical processes occurring within stratiform clouds and with respect to the pre-existing scheme is able to allow a more physically realistic representation of cloud microphysics and distribution, improving the representation of the longwave and shortwave components of the cloud radiative forcing.
The paper presents a new cloud scheme for regional climate model RegCM4.5. The new scheme treats...