Factors contributing to bias and variability of stratiform precipitation properties with various cloud microphysics schemes for an MC3E Squall Line Case
Bin Han1,2, Jiwen Fan3, Adam Varble2, Hugh Morrison4, Christopher R Williams5, Baojun Chen1, Xiquan Dong6, Scott E Giangrande7, Alexander Khain8, Edward Mansell9, Jason Milbrandt10, Jacob Shpund8 and Gregory Thompson11, (1)Nanjing University, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing, China, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)University of Colorado Boulder, Smead Aerospace Engineering Science, Boulder, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (7)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States, (8)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, (9)National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, United States, (10)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Meteorology Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (11)Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), Boulder, United States