Search Results - "Stirling, Alison"

Evaluating the CoMorph‐A parametrization using idealized simulations of the two‐way coupling between convection and large‐scale dynamics by Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, Robert S., Stirling, Alison J., Whitall, Mike

“…We present a new methodology to test the interactions of convection schemes with their larger scale environment. A single‐column model (SCM) using the new Met…”
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A Pan-African Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Simulation with the Met Office Unified Model: CP4-Africa by Stratton, Rachel A., Senior, Catherine A., Vosper, Simon B., Folwell, Sonja S., Boutle, Ian A., Earnshaw, Paul D., Kendon, Elizabeth, Lock, Adrian P., Malcolm, Andrew, Manners, James, Morcrette, Cyril J., Short, Christopher, Stirling, Alison J., Taylor, Christopher M., Tucker, Simon, Webster, Stuart, Wilkinson, Jonathan M.

“…A convection-permitting multiyear regional climate simulation using the Met Office Unified Model has been run for the first time on an Africa-wide domain. The…”
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C‐POOL: A scheme for modelling convective cold pools in the Met Office Unified Model by Rooney, Gabriel G., Stirling, Alison J., Stratton, Rachel A., Whitall, Michael

“…A new parametrization scheme representing the lifecycle and effects of convective cold pools (C‐POOL) is presented. The scheme comprises a column‐crossing…”
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The impact of surface heterogeneity on the diurnal cycle of deep convection by Harvey, Natalie J., Daleu, Chimene L., Stratton, Rachel A., Plant, Robert S., Woolnough, Steven J., Stirling, Alison J.

“…Despite some recent improvements, major deficiencies remain in model simulations using parameterised convection in capturing both the phase and amplitude of…”
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The use of idealised experiments in testing a new convective parametrization: Performance of CoMorph‐A by Lavender, Sally L., Stirling, Alison J., Whitall, Michael, Stratton, Rachel A., Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, Robert S., Lock, Adrian, Gu, Jian‐Feng

“…CoMorph is a new mass‐flux convection parametrization under development at the Met Office designed for use within the Unified Model and its successor model,…”
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Fast Biases in Monsoon Rainfall over Southern and Central India in the Met Office Unified Model by Keane, Richard J., Williams, Keith D., Stirling, Alison J., Martin, Gill M., Birch, Cathryn E., Parker, Douglas J.

“…The Met Office Unified Model (MetUM) is known to produce too little total rainfall on average over India during the summer monsoon period, when assessed for…”
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Statistics of convective cloud turbulence from a comprehensive turbulence retrieval method for radar observations by Feist, Matthew M., Westbrook, Chris D., Clark, Peter A., Stein, Thorwald H.M., Lean, Humphrey W., Stirling, Alison J.

“…Turbulent mixing processes are important in determining the evolution of convective clouds, and the production of convective precipitation. However, the exact…”
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The interaction between moist diabatic processes and the atmospheric circulation in African Easterly Wave propagation by Tomassini, Lorenzo, Parker, Douglas J., Stirling, Alison, Bain, Caroline, Senior, Catherine, Milton, Sean

“…An objective tracking algorithm is used to characterize the three‐dimensional structure of African Easterly Waves (AEWs) in ERA‐Interim reanalysis and a Met…”
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A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from the Met Office Unified Model (GA7.0) by Muetzelfeldt, Mark R, Plant, Robert S, Clark, Peter A, Stirling, Alison J, Woolnough, Steven J

“…Toward the goal of linking wind shear with the mesoscale organization of deep convection, a procedure for producing a climatology of tropical wind shear from…”
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Modifications to the representation of subgrid mixing in kilometre‐scale versions of the Unified Model by Hanley, Kirsty, Whitall, Michael, Stirling, Alison, Clark, Peter

“…A mixed subgrid scheme for scalars and momentum fluxes in cloud‐resolving models that includes an extra subgrid vertical flux, referred to as “the Leonard…”
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Skilful Seasonal Predictions of Summer European Rainfall by Dunstone, Nick, Smith, Doug, Scaife, Adam, Hermanson, Leon, Fereday, David, O'Reilly, Chris, Stirling, Alison, Eade, Rosie, Gordon, Margaret, MacLachlan, Craig, Woollings, Tim, Sheen, Katy, Belcher, Stephen

“…Year‐to‐year variability in Northern European summer rainfall has profound societal and economic impacts; however, current seasonal forecast systems show no…”
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The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 6.0/6.1 and JULES Global Land 6.0/6.1 configurations by Walters, David, Boutle, Ian, Brooks, Malcolm, Melvin, Thomas, Stratton, Rachel, Vosper, Simon, Wells, Helen, Williams, Keith, Wood, Nigel, Allen, Thomas, Bushell, Andrew, Copsey, Dan, Earnshaw, Paul, Edwards, John, Gross, Markus, Hardiman, Steven, Harris, Chris, Heming, Julian, Klingaman, Nicholas, Levine, Richard, Manners, James, Martin, Gill, Milton, Sean, Mittermaier, Marion, Morcrette, Cyril, Riddick, Thomas, Roberts, Malcolm, Sanchez, Claudio, Selwood, Paul, Stirling, Alison, Smith, Chris, Suri, Dan, Tennant, Warren, Vidale, Pier Luigi, Wilkinson, Jonathan, Willett, Martin, Woolnough, Steve, Xavier, Prince

“…We describe Global Atmosphere 6.0 and Global Land 6.0 (GA6.0/GL6.0): the latest science configurations of the Met Office Unified Model and JULES (Joint UK Land…”
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Forced gravity waves and the tropospheric response to convection by Halliday, Oliver J., Griffiths, Stephen D., Parker, Douglas J., Stirling, Alison, Vosper, Simon

“…We present theoretical work directed toward improving our understanding of the mesoscale influence of deep convection on its tropospheric environment through…”
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Impacts of the new UM convection scheme, CoMorph-A, over the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions by Zhu, Hongyan, Hudson, Debra, Li, Chen, Shi, Li, White, Bethan, Young, Griffith, Stirling, Alison, Whitall, Michael, Lock, Adrian, Lavender, Sally, Stratton, Rachel

“…A new convection scheme, ‘CoMorph-A’, has been introduced into the latest UK Met Office coupled (GC4) and atmosphere-only (GA8) models. In this study, the…”
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FALLS IN MID-LIFE: A SCOPING LITERATURE REVIEW by Zecevic, Aleksandra, Bozzo, Daniella, Stirling, Alison, Gagne, Helene

“…Abstract The implications of falls of middle-aged adults (40-64 years) on falling in late life (65+) have not received much attention. The patterns of falling…”
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