ON THE SENSITIVITY OF PRECIPITATION FORECASTS TO THE MOIST PHYSICS AND THE HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION OF NUMERICAL MODEL

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摘要 Theimpactsoftheenhancedmodel’smoistphysicsandhorizontalresolutionupontheQPFs(quantitativeprecipitationforecasts)areinvestigatedbyapplyingtheHIRLAM(highresolutionlimitedareamodel)tothesummerheavy-raincasesinChina.Theperformanceofthecontrolrun,forwhicha0.5°×0.5°gridspacingandatraditional“grid-boxsupersaturationremoval+Kuotypeconvectiveparamerization”areusedasthemoistphysics,iscomparedwiththatofthesensitivityrunswithanenhancedmodel’smoistphysics(Sundqvistscheme)andanincreasedhorizontalresolution(0.25°×0.25°),respectively.Theresultsshow:(1)Theenhancedmoistphysicsscheme(Sundqvistscheme),byintroducingthecloudwatercontentasanadditionalprognosticvariableandtakingintoaccountbrieflyofthemicrophysicsinvolvedinthecloud-rainconversion,doesbringimprovementsinthemodel’sQPFs.AlthoughthedeterioratedQPFsalsooccuroccasionally,theimprovementsarefoundinthemajorityofthecases,indicatingthegreatpotentialfortheimprovementofQPFsbyenhancingthemodel’smoistphysics.(2)Byincreasingthemodel’shorizontalresolutionfrom0.5°×0.5°,whichisalreadyquitehighcomparedwiththatoftheconventionalatmosphericsoundings,to0.25°×0.25°withoutthesimultaneousenhancementinmodelphysicsandobjectiveanalysis,theimprovementsinQPFsareverylimited.Withhigherresolution,althoughslightameliorationinlocatingtherainfallcentersandinresolvingsomefinerstructuresofprecipitationpatternaremade,thenumberofthemis-predictedfinestructuresinrainfallfieldincreaseswiththeenhancedmodelresolutionaswell.
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出处 《气象学报:英文版》 1997年4期
出版日期 1997年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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