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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2020.41.1.1

The Effects of Mass-size Relationship for Snow on the Simulated Surface Precipitation  

Lim, Kyo-Sun Sunny (Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.41, no.1, 2020 , pp. 1-18 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study presented the effects of the assumed mass-size relationship for snow on the simulated surface precipitation by using cloud microphysics parameterizations in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The selected cloud microphysics parameterizations are WRF Double-Moment 6-class (WDM6) and WRF Single-Moment 6-class (WSM6) in the WRF model. We replaced the mass-size relationship for snow in WDM6 and WSM6 with Thompson's mass-size relationship retrieved from measurement data. The sensitivity of the modified WDM6 and WSM6 was tested for the idealized 2-dimensional squall line and winter precipitation system over the Korean peninsula, respectively. The modified WDM6 and WSM6 resulted in the increase of graupel/rain mixing ratios and the decrease of snow mixing ratio in the low atmosphere. The changes of hydrometeor mixing ratio and surface precipitation could be due to the collision-coalescence process between raindrops and snow and the graupel melting process.
Keywords
Mass-size relationship for snow; WDM6; WSM6; Idealized squall line; Winter precipitation;
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