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IFS Documentation front page

I Observations
II Assimilation
III Dynamics
IV Physics
V Ensemble
VI Technical
VII Waves

   

APPENDIX A List of symbols

Convective available potential energy

Drag coefficient

Fraction of grid square occupied by convection

Specific at constant pressure for moist air

Condensation/sublimation in the updraughts

Rate of mass detrainment in the updraughts

Rate of mass detrainment in the downdraughts

Rate of mass entrainment in the updraughts

Rate of mass entrainment in the downdraughts

Evaporation of rain

Evaporation of precipitation (rain and snow) in the downdraughts

Evaporation of rain in the downdraughts

Evaporation of snow in the downdraughts

Evaporation of precipitation (rain and snow) in the unsaturated sub-cloud layer

Evaporation of rain in the unsaturated sub-cloud layer

Evaporation of snow in the unsaturated sub-cloud layer

Freezing of condensate in the updraughts

Conversion rate from cloud (water+ice) into precipitation (rain+snow)

Conversion rate from cloud water into rain

Conversion rate from cloud ice into snow

Moist static energy () in the environment

Saturated moist statice energy in the environment

Moist static energy in the updraughts

Moist static energy in the downdraughts

Kinetic energy in the updraughts

Effective latent heat for an ice/water mix

Latent heat of fusion

Latent heat of sublimation

Latent heat of vaporization

Cloud water/ice content in the updraughts

Melting of snow

Net mass flux in the convective clouds (updraughts and downdraughts)

Net mass flux in the downdraughts

Net mass flux in the downdraughts

Net flux of precipitation in the form of rain

Net flux of precipitation in the form of snow

pressure

Specific humidity of the environment

Weighted average specific humidity in the updraughts

Weighted average specific humidity in the downdraughts

Rain intensity

Precipitation (rain+snow) in the updraughts

Precipitation (rain+snow) in the downdraughts

Fall-out of rain/snow

Dry static energy in the environment

Weighted average dry static energy in the updraughts

Weighted average dry static energy in the downdraughts

Virtual temperature in the environment

Virtual temperature in the updraughts

component of wind in the environment

Weighted average component of wind in the updraughts

Weighted average component of wind in the downdraughts

Mean terminal velocity of precipitation (rain+snow)

Mean terminal velocity of rain drops

component of wind in the environment

Weighted average component of wind in the updraughts

Weighted average component of wind in the downdraughts

Vertical velocity in the environment

Weighted average vertical velocity in the updraughts

Density of air

Density of rain within the grid box

Adjustment time scale


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