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Table 2

Box sizes and grid resolutions.

Simulation F3V G2V K0V K5V M0V M2V

Box height [Mm] 9 3 1.8 1.5 0.9 0.8
above z0a 1.57 0.95 0.48 0.41 0.25 0.21
below z0 7.43 2.05 1.32 1.09 0.65 0.59

# of pressure scale heights 13.1 14.0 13.2 15.3 14.8 14.5
above z0 6.9 8.6 7.1 9.1 8.4 7.8
below z0 6.2 5.4 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.8

Hp at z0 [km] 500 200 90 65 38 35

Δzb [km] 11.25 10 6 5 4 3.2
min(Hp)/Δz 18.1 10.0 9.57 7.87 6.53 7.19

Horizontal box size [Mm] 30 9 6 4 2.5 1.56

Δx,Δyc [km] 58.6 17.6 11.7 7.81 4.88 3.05
Δxz 5.21 1.76 1.95 1.56 1.22 0.953

Notes.

(a)

z0 = ⟨z(τR = 1) ⟩;

(b)

Δz is the vertical grid resolution;

(c)

Δx and Δy are the horizontal grid resolution; in all simulations considered here, Δx = Δy was chosen.

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