NCAR Summer School, 13 August 2008
Regional Climate Models
Mixed-physics ensemble
¥How much variability is produced by using different physical parameterizations in the same model?
¥here, different techniques, as opposed to different parameters within the same technique
¥Construct an ensemble whose members use the same initial conditions, but different parameterizations:
¥convective parameterization:  Kain-Fritsch, Betts-Miller, Grell
¥explicit moist physics:  simple ice, mixed phase, Reisner-2
¥shallow convection on or off