2005: A new approach for 3D cloudresolving simulations of large-scale atmospheric circulation (2008)
Zhiming Kuang, Peter N. Blossey, Christopher S. Bretherton
[1] We present a computationally efficient new method for simulating the interactions of large-scale atmospheric circulations with deep convection in a 3D cloud-resolving model. This is accomplished...
Non-Robustness of Convective Organization in Idealized Mesoscale Model Simulations (2007)
Adam Sobel Christopher, Christopher S. Bretherton, Hui Su
In a prior study, Su, Bretherton, and Chen used the Penn State/National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) to study the organization of deep convection in a nonrotating atmosphere...
Effects of Resolution on the Simulation of Stratocumulus Entrainment (2007)
Stratocumulus Entrainment, David E. Stevens, Christopher S. Bretherton
Three-dimensional large-eddy simulations of a smoke cloud beneath a strong inversion are used to investigate how grid resolution affects simulated entrainment rate. These simulations are...
2002: The ENSO signal in tropical tropospheric temperature (2007)
Adam H. Sobel, Isaac M. Held, Christopher S. Bretherton
The authors address the interannual signal in the tropical mean temperature of the free tro-posphere. This signal was shown by Soden to be well simulated by a wide range of general circulation...
Wyant, Matthew C., Bretherton, Christopher S., Chlond, Andreas, Griffin, Brian M., Kitagawa, Hiroto, Lappen, Cara-Lyn, ...
This study presents an intercomparison of single-column model simulations of a nocturnal heavily drizzling marine stratocumulus-topped boundary layer. Initial conditions and forcings are based on...
Kuang, Zhiming, Bretherton, Christopher S.
In this paper, an idealized, high-resolution simulation of a gradually forced transition from shallow, nonprecipitating to deep, precipitating cumulus convection is described; how the cloud and...
for Tsunami Propagation and Inundation (2006)
David L. George, David L. George, Randall J. Leveque, Randall J. Leveque, Christopher S. Bretherton, Vasilli V. Titov, ...
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Massflux Budgets of Shallow Cumulus Clouds (2001)
Roode, Stephan R. De, Bretherton, Christopher S.
The vertical transport by shallow nonprecipitating cumulus clouds of conserved variables, such as the total specific humidity or the liquid water potential temperature, can be well modeled by the...
Adam H. Sobel, Isaac M. Held, Christopher S. Bretherton
Interannual anomalies in tropical tropospheric temperature have been shown to be related to interannual anomalies in tropical mean sea surface temperature (SST) by a simple moist adiabatic...
Introduction The term CISK (Conditional Instability of the Second Kind) was introduced by Charney and Eliassen (1964) to describe a positive feedback between deep moist convection and a large-scale...
Christopher S. Bretherton, David Stevens, David E. Stevens
This paper presents a new forward-in-time advection method for nearly incompressible flow, MU, and its application to an adaptive multilevel flow solver for atmospheric flows. MU is a modification of...