A Numerical Study of Sensitivity of the Physical Dissipative Technique to Precipitation Parameterization in a Mesoscale Model

1. IntroductionRecently, the improvement of accuracy in the out-puts of a numerical mesoscale model by the physi-cal dissipative technique is reached (Liu et al., 2002;Liu and Liu, 2003). The effect of improvement ofthis technique differs not only from model to model,but from scheme to scheme of parameterization em-ployed in the same model. The rapid developmentof the computer technology makes possible the com-plicated numerical experiments by a model with highresolution and multiple domains …

A Numerical Study of Sensitivity of the Physical Dissipative Technique to Precipitation Parameterization in a Mesoscale Model

In this paper the numerical comparative experiments on sensitivity of the physical dissipative technique to the precipitation parameterizations, especially the different combination of the explicit micro-physical schemes and cumulus convection parameterizations, in the PSU/NCAR mesoscale model MM5V3 with a triple-nested domain are conducted using the case of heavy rain occurring in the northern China in October 2003. The experiments have revealed some meaningful results, notably the dramatic improvement in the simulative accuracy and quality by the physical dissipative technique based on the second law of thermody- namics, meanwhile, the weak sensitivity of the technique to the schemes of parameterization resulting mainly from improving the field of rainfall by the physical dissipative technique has been reached via improving the outputs of the model variables such as wind field determining the divergence field that is one of the most important factors in the case of designing the schemes of precipitation parameterization.