Multifractal properties of embedded convective structures in orographic precipitation: toward subgrid-scale predictability

Rain and cloud fields produced by fully nonlinear idealized cloud resolving numerical simulations of orographic convective precipitation display statistical multiscaling behavior, implying that multifractal diagnostics should provide a physically robust basis for the downscaling and sub-grid scale p...

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Main Authors: M. Nogueira, A. P. Barros, P. M. A. Miranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-09-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/20/605/2013/npg-20-605-2013.pdf