A bulk parametrization of melting snowflakes with explicit liquid water fraction for the COSMO model

A new snow melting parametrization is presented for the non-hydrostatic limited-area COSMO ("consortium for small-scale modelling") model. In contrast to the standard cloud microphysics of the COSMO model, which instantaneously transfers the meltwater from the snow to the rain category, th...

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Main Authors: C. Frick, A. Seifert, H. Wernli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/6/1925/2013/gmd-6-1925-2013.pdf