Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud
Results are presented from an intercomparison of single-column and cloud-resolving model simulations of a cold-air outbreak mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud observed during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program's Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. The observed cloud occurred in a...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:962219 2023-07-30T04:01:36+02:00 Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud Klein, Stephen A. McCoy, Renata B. Morrison, Hugh Ackerman, Andrew S. Avramov, Alexander de Boer, Gijs Chen, Mingxuan Cole, Jason N.S. Del Genio, Anthony D. Falk, Michael Foster, Michael J. Fridlind, Ann Golaz, Jean-Christophe Hashino, Tempei Harrington, Jerry Y. Hoose, Corinna Khairoutdinov, Marat F. Larson, Vincent E. Liu, Xiaohong Luo, Yali McFarquhar, Greg M. Menon, Surabi Neggers, Roel A. J. Park, Sungsu Poellot, Michael R. Schmidt, Jerome M. Sednev, Igor Shipway, Ben J. Shupe, Matthew D. Spangenberg, Douglas A. Sud, Yogesh C. Turner, David D. Veron, Dana E. von Salzen, Knut Walker, Gregory K. Wang, Zhien Wolf, Audrey B. Xie, Shaocheng Xu, Kuan-Man Yang, Fanglin Zhang, Gong 2009-12-16 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/962219 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/962219 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.416 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/962219 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/962219 https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.416 doi:10.1002/qj.416 54 BOUNDARY LAYERS CLOUDS PRECIPITATION RADIATIONS SENSITIVITY SIMULATION WATER 2009 ftosti https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.416 2023-07-11T08:47:30Z Results are presented from an intercomparison of single-column and cloud-resolving model simulations of a cold-air outbreak mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud observed during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program's Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. The observed cloud occurred in a well-mixed boundary layer with a cloud top temperature of -15 C. The observed average liquid water path of around 160 g m{sup -2} was about two-thirds of the adiabatic value and much greater than the average mass of ice crystal precipitation which when integrated from the surface to cloud top was around 15 g m{sup -2}. The simulations were performed by seventeen single-column models (SCMs) and nine cloud-resolving models (CRMs). While the simulated ice water path is generally consistent with the observed values, the median SCM and CRM liquid water path is a factor of three smaller than observed. Results from a sensitivity study in which models removed ice microphysics suggest that in many models the interaction between liquid and ice-phase microphysics is responsible for the large model underestimate of liquid water path. Despite this general underestimate, the simulated liquid and ice water paths of several models are consistent with the observed values. Furthermore, there is evidence that models with more sophisticated microphysics simulate liquid and ice water paths that are in better agreement with the observed values, although considerable scatter is also present. Although no single factor guarantees a good simulation, these results emphasize the need for improvement in the model representation of mixed-phase microphysics. Other/Unknown Material Arctic SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 135 641 979 1002 |
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54 BOUNDARY LAYERS CLOUDS PRECIPITATION RADIATIONS SENSITIVITY SIMULATION WATER Klein, Stephen A. McCoy, Renata B. Morrison, Hugh Ackerman, Andrew S. Avramov, Alexander de Boer, Gijs Chen, Mingxuan Cole, Jason N.S. Del Genio, Anthony D. Falk, Michael Foster, Michael J. Fridlind, Ann Golaz, Jean-Christophe Hashino, Tempei Harrington, Jerry Y. Hoose, Corinna Khairoutdinov, Marat F. Larson, Vincent E. Liu, Xiaohong Luo, Yali McFarquhar, Greg M. Menon, Surabi Neggers, Roel A. J. Park, Sungsu Poellot, Michael R. Schmidt, Jerome M. Sednev, Igor Shipway, Ben J. Shupe, Matthew D. Spangenberg, Douglas A. Sud, Yogesh C. Turner, David D. Veron, Dana E. von Salzen, Knut Walker, Gregory K. Wang, Zhien Wolf, Audrey B. Xie, Shaocheng Xu, Kuan-Man Yang, Fanglin Zhang, Gong Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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Results are presented from an intercomparison of single-column and cloud-resolving model simulations of a cold-air outbreak mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud observed during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program's Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. The observed cloud occurred in a well-mixed boundary layer with a cloud top temperature of -15 C. The observed average liquid water path of around 160 g m{sup -2} was about two-thirds of the adiabatic value and much greater than the average mass of ice crystal precipitation which when integrated from the surface to cloud top was around 15 g m{sup -2}. The simulations were performed by seventeen single-column models (SCMs) and nine cloud-resolving models (CRMs). While the simulated ice water path is generally consistent with the observed values, the median SCM and CRM liquid water path is a factor of three smaller than observed. Results from a sensitivity study in which models removed ice microphysics suggest that in many models the interaction between liquid and ice-phase microphysics is responsible for the large model underestimate of liquid water path. Despite this general underestimate, the simulated liquid and ice water paths of several models are consistent with the observed values. Furthermore, there is evidence that models with more sophisticated microphysics simulate liquid and ice water paths that are in better agreement with the observed values, although considerable scatter is also present. Although no single factor guarantees a good simulation, these results emphasize the need for improvement in the model representation of mixed-phase microphysics. |
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Klein, Stephen A. McCoy, Renata B. Morrison, Hugh Ackerman, Andrew S. Avramov, Alexander de Boer, Gijs Chen, Mingxuan Cole, Jason N.S. Del Genio, Anthony D. Falk, Michael Foster, Michael J. Fridlind, Ann Golaz, Jean-Christophe Hashino, Tempei Harrington, Jerry Y. Hoose, Corinna Khairoutdinov, Marat F. Larson, Vincent E. Liu, Xiaohong Luo, Yali McFarquhar, Greg M. Menon, Surabi Neggers, Roel A. J. Park, Sungsu Poellot, Michael R. Schmidt, Jerome M. Sednev, Igor Shipway, Ben J. Shupe, Matthew D. Spangenberg, Douglas A. Sud, Yogesh C. Turner, David D. Veron, Dana E. von Salzen, Knut Walker, Gregory K. Wang, Zhien Wolf, Audrey B. Xie, Shaocheng Xu, Kuan-Man Yang, Fanglin Zhang, Gong |
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Klein, Stephen A. McCoy, Renata B. Morrison, Hugh Ackerman, Andrew S. Avramov, Alexander de Boer, Gijs Chen, Mingxuan Cole, Jason N.S. Del Genio, Anthony D. Falk, Michael Foster, Michael J. Fridlind, Ann Golaz, Jean-Christophe Hashino, Tempei Harrington, Jerry Y. Hoose, Corinna Khairoutdinov, Marat F. Larson, Vincent E. Liu, Xiaohong Luo, Yali McFarquhar, Greg M. Menon, Surabi Neggers, Roel A. J. Park, Sungsu Poellot, Michael R. Schmidt, Jerome M. Sednev, Igor Shipway, Ben J. Shupe, Matthew D. Spangenberg, Douglas A. Sud, Yogesh C. Turner, David D. Veron, Dana E. von Salzen, Knut Walker, Gregory K. Wang, Zhien Wolf, Audrey B. Xie, Shaocheng Xu, Kuan-Man Yang, Fanglin Zhang, Gong |
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. Part I: Single layer cloud |
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intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the arm mixed-phase arctic cloud experiment. part i: single layer cloud |
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