Numerical Simulation of a Cumulus Ensemble in Three Dimensions
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 39 (5) , 1062-1079
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<1062:nsoace>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Hill's (1974) method of random surface heating as an initiation mechanism for convection is incorporated into a three-dimensional cumulus cloud model. Results are presented on the development of a cumulus ensemble, the interactions of clouds in the population, and the mechanism for the successive generation of clouds in a shearing environment. Comparison of the characteristics of the simulated echoes with statistics of radar observations indicates fair agreement for echoes with an area less than 60 km2. A particularly good correspondence is demonstrated between the observed and simulated echo top distributions.Keywords
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