How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00?
Cloud-radiative heating (CRH) within the atmosphere and its changes with warming affect the large-scale atmospheric winds in a myriad of ways, such that reliable predictions and projections of circulation require reliable calculations of CRH. In order to assess the sensitivities of upper-tropospheri...
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ftunivarizona:oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/673747 2024-09-15T18:22:37+00:00 How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? Sullivan, S. Keshtgar, B. Albern, N. Bala, E. Braun, C. Choudhary, A. Hörner, J. Lentink, H. Papavasileiou, G. Voigt, A. Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona 2023-06-27 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/673747 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023 en eng Copernicus Publications Sullivan, S., Keshtgar, B., Albern, N., Bala, E., Braun, C., Choudhary, A., Hörner, J., Lentink, H., Papavasileiou, G., and Voigt, A.: How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00?, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 3535–3551, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023, 2023. 1991-959X doi:10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/673747 Geoscientific Model Development © Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Geoscientific Model Development Article text 2023 ftunivarizona https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023 2024-08-12T23:39:50Z Cloud-radiative heating (CRH) within the atmosphere and its changes with warming affect the large-scale atmospheric winds in a myriad of ways, such that reliable predictions and projections of circulation require reliable calculations of CRH. In order to assess the sensitivities of upper-tropospheric midlatitude CRH to model settings, we perform a series of simulations with the ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic Model (ICON) over the North Atlantic using six different grid spacings, parameterized and explicit convection, and one- versus two-moment cloud microphysics. While sensitivity to grid spacing is limited, CRH profiles change dramatically with microphysics and convection schemes. These dependencies are interpreted via decomposition into cloud classes and examination of cloud properties and cloud-controlling factors within these different classes. We trace the model dependencies back to differences in the mass mixing ratios and number concentrations of cloud ice and snow, as well as vertical velocities. Which frozen species are radiatively active and the broadening of the vertical velocity distribution with explicit convection turn out to be crucial factors in altering the modeled CRH profiles. © Copyright: Open access journal This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic The University of Arizona: UA Campus Repository Geoscientific Model Development 16 12 3535 3551 |
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Cloud-radiative heating (CRH) within the atmosphere and its changes with warming affect the large-scale atmospheric winds in a myriad of ways, such that reliable predictions and projections of circulation require reliable calculations of CRH. In order to assess the sensitivities of upper-tropospheric midlatitude CRH to model settings, we perform a series of simulations with the ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic Model (ICON) over the North Atlantic using six different grid spacings, parameterized and explicit convection, and one- versus two-moment cloud microphysics. While sensitivity to grid spacing is limited, CRH profiles change dramatically with microphysics and convection schemes. These dependencies are interpreted via decomposition into cloud classes and examination of cloud properties and cloud-controlling factors within these different classes. We trace the model dependencies back to differences in the mass mixing ratios and number concentrations of cloud ice and snow, as well as vertical velocities. Which frozen species are radiatively active and the broadening of the vertical velocity distribution with explicit convection turn out to be crucial factors in altering the modeled CRH profiles. © Copyright: Open access journal This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. |
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Sullivan, S. Keshtgar, B. Albern, N. Bala, E. Braun, C. Choudhary, A. Hörner, J. Lentink, H. Papavasileiou, G. Voigt, A. How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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Sullivan, S. Keshtgar, B. Albern, N. Bala, E. Braun, C. Choudhary, A. Hörner, J. Lentink, H. Papavasileiou, G. Voigt, A. |
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How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00? |
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how does cloud-radiative heating over the north atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in icon version 2.1.00? |
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Sullivan, S., Keshtgar, B., Albern, N., Bala, E., Braun, C., Choudhary, A., Hörner, J., Lentink, H., Papavasileiou, G., and Voigt, A.: How does cloud-radiative heating over the North Atlantic change with grid spacing, convective parameterization, and microphysics scheme in ICON version 2.1.00?, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 3535–3551, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023, 2023. 1991-959X doi:10.5194/gmd-16-3535-2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/673747 Geoscientific Model Development |
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