Process

Parameterization scheme

Long radiation

RRTM scheme: Rapid Radiative Transfer Model [32]

Short radiation

Dudhia scheme: Simple downward integration allowing efficiently for clouds and clear-sky absorption and scattering [33]

Surface layer

Eta similarity: Used in Eta model [34]

Surface physics

Noah Land Surface Model: Unified NCEP/NCAR/AFWA scheme with soil temperature and moisture in four layers, fractional snow cover and frozen soil physics [35]

Planetary boundary layer

Quasi-Normal Scale Elimination PBL [36]