Cloud-Resolving Modeling Intercomparison Study of a Squall Line Case from MC3E – Properties of Convective Core

Jiwen Fan1, Bin Han2, Adam Varble3, Hugh Morrison4, Kirk North5, Pavlos Kollias6, Baojun Chen2, Xiquan Dong7, Scott E Giangrande8, Alexander Khain9, Yun Lin10, Edward Mansell11, Jason Milbrandt12, Ronald Stenz7, Gregory Thompson13 and Yuan Wang14, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (2)Nanjing University, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (6)Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, (7)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (8)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States, (9)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, (10)Texas A & M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (11)National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, United States, (12)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Meteorology Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (13)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (14)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States