The two-dimensional Non-hydrostatic s-coordinate Model (NSM) is used to simulate two twelve day periods and an eight day period observed during the Tropical Oceans Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE). The response of the NSM to the large-scale forcing which occurred over the three periods, and which included both suppressed and active convection, is examined. The NSM is shown to be able to capture the differences in the three experiments and responds correctly to the large-scale forcing (i.e. it is able to distinguish between suppressed and active regimes). However, the model is cooler and drier than the observations.
Reference:
Bopape, M-J.M, Engelbrecht, F.A, Randall, D.A. and Landman, W.A. 2013. Simulating suppressed and active convection periods during TOGA COARE. In: 29th Annual Conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, Durban, South Africa, 26-27 September 2013
Bopape, M. M., Engelbrecht, F., Randall, D., & Landman, W. (2013). Simulating suppressed and active convection periods during TOGA COARE. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7355
Bopape, Mary-Jane M, FA Engelbrecht, DA Randall, and WA Landman. "Simulating suppressed and active convection periods during TOGA COARE." (2013): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7355
Bopape MM, Engelbrecht F, Randall D, Landman W, Simulating suppressed and active convection periods during TOGA COARE; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7355 .
