During this project the investigators implemented a fully parallel version of dual-grid approach in main frame code ICON, implemented a fully conservative first-order interpolation scheme for horizontal remapping, integrated UCLA-LES micro-scale model into ICON to run parallely in selected columns, and did cloud feedback studies on aqua-planet setup to evaluate the classical parameterization on a small domain. The micro-scale model may be run in parallel with the classical parameterization, or it may be run on a "physics grid" independent of the dynamics grid.
Dipankar, Anurag [Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg],Stevens, Bjorn [Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg]. Cloud feedback studies with a physics grid. 2013-01-01.