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The output of the RICO intercomparison case
Margreet van Zanten
KNMI, The Netherlands
Photo courtesy Bjorn Stevens
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LES participants
model mom. adv. scalar adv. SGS model
DALES CD CD Deardorff
RAMS_at_NOAA CD Monotone (?) Deardorff
RAMS ? ? Deardorff
UKMO PW adv Monotone Smagorinsky
JAMSTEC CD CD Deardorff
WVU CD PPM (?) Deardorff(?)
SAM CD Monotone 1,5 order TKE
MESO-NH CD CD Deardorff
COAMPS ? ? ?
DHARMA UTOPIA UTOPIA Smagorisnky
UCLA CD, 4th monotone Smagorisnky

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LES participants
model microphysics Timestep s processors
DALES 2nd moment Nc fixed 1 8 160 hours
RAMS_at_NOAA Bin (33) 2 32
RAMS 2nd moment CCN 2 1 (?) weeks
UKMO 2nd moment Nc fixed 0.7 4 100 hours
JAMSTEC 1st moment 1 1 68 hours
WVU 2nd moment Nc fixed 1.65 1 72 hours
SAM 1st moment 2 64 320 hours
MESO-NH Kessler ? ?
COAMPS Bulk Nc fixed ? ?
DHARMA UTOPIA 3.5 256 10.000 hours
UCLA 2nd moment Nc fixed ?
model microphysics timestep s proc duration hours
DALES 2nd moment, Nc fixed 1 8 190
RAMS_at_NOAA bin model (33) 2 32 5400
RAMS 2nd moment CCN 2 1(?) weeks
UKMO 2nd moment, Nc fixed 0.7 4 500
JAMSTEC 1st moment 1 1 68
WVU 2nd moment, Nc fixed 1.65 1 72
SAM 1st moment 2 64 320
MESO-NH 1st moment, Kessler 1 12 440
COAMPS ? ? ? ?
DHARMA bin model (33) 3.5 256 10.000
UCLA 2nd moment, Nc fixed 1.5 16 80
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Mean thermodynamic state 8 th 16 th and 24 th
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20-24 hours
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U, V 20-24hours
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ql, qr 20-24 hours
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Liq. Water pot. Temp. flux 20 24 hours
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Total water flux20 -24 hours
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Vert. vel. Variance20 -24 hours
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TKE 20 24 hours
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Vert. velocity skewness20 -24 hours
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Cloud and core fraction 23 24 hours
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Massflux 23-24 hours
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Timeserie various z and tke
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Sens. and latent heat flux
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LWP, RWP and cc
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Precipitation
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Precipitation and evaporation
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Nr and Nc
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SAMEX System for Atmospheric Modeling with
Explicit Microphysics Yefim Kogan and David
Mechem University of Oklahoma
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Mean profiles from 10-11 h
w?w? m2 s-2
cp?w??v? W m-2
L?w?qt? W m-2
ql g kg-1
R mm d-1
TKE m2 s-2
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Mean profiles from 8-12 h and 20-24 h
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Decaying cell mostly drizzle
Newer cell
Horizontal/Vertical Ratio 13
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Decaying cell mostly drizzle
Newer cell
Horizontal/Vertical Ratio 13
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20 24 hours
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20 24 hours
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