HR: 0830h
AN: A41D-03    [Abstracts]
TI: Impact of soil moisture on precipitation in regional climate simulations over Rocky Mountains and High Plains.
AU: * Pagowski, M
EM: Mariusz.Pagowski@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA-Research Forecast System Laboratory and CIRA/CSU, 325 Broadway FSL/FS1, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 United States
AU: Grell, G A
EM: georg.a.grell@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA-Research Forecast System Laboratory and CIRES/CU, 325 Broadway FSL/FS1, Boulder, CO 80305-3328 United States
AB: Regional climate simulations over eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains and adjacent High Plaines are performed in summer 2004 to examine impact of soil moisture on precipitation and to study performance of convective closures and ensemble of closures. Results are compared with cloud resolving simulations and observations to assess feedback between convective closures and soil moisure and identify shortcomings of the closures.
DE: 3314 Convective processes
DE: 3322 Land/atmosphere interactions
DE: 3337 Numerical modeling and data assimilation
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly