The output of the RICO intercomparison case Margreet van Zanten Photo courtesy Bjorn Stevens KNMI, The Netherlands

LES participants modelmom. adv.scalar adv.SGS model DALESCD Deardorff (?)Deardorff RAMS??Deardorff UKMOPW advMonotoneSmagorinsky JAMSTECCD Deardorff WVUCDPPM (?)Deardorff(?) SAMCDMonotone1,5 order TKE MESO-NHCD Deardorff COAMPS??? DHARMAUTOPIA Smagorisnky UCLACD, 4thmonotoneSmagorisnky

LES participants modelmicrop hysics Timeste p [s] # process ors DALE S 2nd momen t Nc fixed 18~160 hours A Bin (33) 232 RAMS2nd momen t +CCN 21 (?)weeks UKMO2nd momen t Nc fixed ~0.74~100 hours JAMST EC 1st momen t 1168 hours WVU2nd momen t Nc fixed ~1.651~ 72 hours SAM1st momen t hours MESO- NH Kessler?? COAM PS Bulk Nc fixed ?? DHAR MA UTOPI A ~ hours UCLA2nd momen t Nc fixed ? modelmicrophysicstimestep [s] # proc duration [hours] DALES2nd moment, Nc fixed18190 model (33) RAMS2nd moment +CCN21(?)weeks UKMO2nd moment, Nc fixed~ JAMSTEC1st moment1168 WVU2nd moment, Nc fixed~ SAM1st moment MESO-NH1st moment, Kessler COAMPS???? DHARMAbin model (33) UCLA2nd moment, Nc fixed~

Mean thermodynamic state 8 th 16 th and 24 th hour

20-24 hours

U, V 20-24hours

q l, q r hours

Liq. Water pot. Temp. flux 20 – 24 hours

Total water flux hours

Vert. vel. Variance hours

TKE 20 – 24 hours

Vert. velocity skewness hours

Cloud and core fraction 23 – 24 hours

Massflux hours

Timeserie various z and tke

Sens. and latent heat flux

LWP, RWP and cc

Precipitation

Precipitation and evaporation

Nr and Nc

SAMEX: System for Atmospheric Modeling with Explicit Microphysics Yefim Kogan and David Mechem University of Oklahoma

ww [m 2 s -2 ]c p  w  v [W m -2 ] L  wq t [W m -2 ] TKE [m 2 s -2 ] q l [g kg -1 ]R [mm d -1 ] Mean profiles from h

**PRELIMINARY RESULTS** Mean profiles from 8-12 h and h

Horizontal/Vertical Ratio 1:3 Newer cell Decaying cell… mostly drizzle

Newer cell Horizontal/Vertical Ratio 1:3

20 – 24 hours