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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Geosci Model Dev. 2017 Jan 13;10(1):189–222. doi: 10.5194/gmd-10-189-2017

Table 1.

List of symbols

Symbol Definition
u  east-west wind component
v  north-south wind component
w  vertical wind component
f  Coriolis parameter
Km  eddy viscosity coefficient for momentum
Kh  eddy viscosity coefficient for heat and moisture
θil  ice-liquid water potential temperature
rn  water mixing ratio species of total water, rain, pristine crystals, aggregates, and snow
ρ0  reference state for air density
con  subscript denoting tendency from convective parameterization
rad  subscript denoting tendency from radiation parameterization
res  subscript denoting tendency from resolvable scale microphysical parameterization
g  gravity
rt  total water mixing ratio
rv  water vapor mixing ratio
π0  reference state for Exner function
π’  perturbation Exner function
θv  virtual potential temperature
θ0 reference stare for potential temperature
Cv specific heat of air at constant volume