Studying the showers and thunderstorms on the territory of Russia using the numerical model of convective cloud and the reanalysis data

• Published in: Russian meteorology and hydrology 2013, Vol.38 (1), p.20-27
• Main Authors: Veremei, N. E., Dovgalyuk, Yu. A., Efimov, S. V., Nosova, A. M., Pechenkin, A. A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Atmospheric Sciences; Clouds; Convective precipitation; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Mathematical models; Meteorology; Precipitation; Storms; Temperature distribution; Thunderstorms; Vertical distribution
• ISSN: 1068-3739; 1934-8096
• DOI: 10.3103/S1068373913010032

The computation of thunderstorm and shower activity on the territory of Russia during the warm period (June–August) of 1981–2000 for four observation times (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, and 18:00) is carried out using the local convective cloud model (CCM) and the ERA-40 reanalysis data on the vertical distribution of temperature and humidity. The spatial grid with the resolution of 2.5 × 2.5° is used for the computation. Collected and analyzed are the long-term (1936–1965) in situ data on the distribution of the number of days with the thunderstorm on the territory of Russia using the observational data from the ground-based meteorological stations (about 600 stations located in different regions). As a result, the distribution of the number of days with the thunderstorm and with the convective precipitation on the territory of Russia is plotted and analyzed. It agrees on the whole with the observed data. It is demonstrated that the number of days with the thunderstorm and with the convective precipitation correlate well with each other, that also corresponds to the observational data. It is shown that CCM is applicable to the simulation of cloud convection and associated phenomena.