Abstract
AbstractResults 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) programme'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 average liquid water path of around 160 g m−2was about two‐thirds of the adiabatic value and far greater than the average mass of ice which when integrated from the surface to cloud top was around 15 g m−2.Simulations of 17 single‐column models (SCMs) and 9 cloud‐resolving models (CRMs) are compared. While the simulated ice water path is generally consistent with 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 underestimate, the simulated liquid and ice water paths of several models are consistent with observed values. Furthermore, models with more sophisticated microphysics simulate liquid and ice water paths that are in better agreement with the observed values, although considerable scatter exists. Although no single factor guarantees a good simulation, these results emphasize the need for improvement in the model representation of mixed‐phase microphysics. Copyright © 2009 Royal Meteorological Society
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Klein, S. A., McCoy, R. B., Morrison, H., Ackerman, A. S., Avramov, A., Boer, G. de, Chen, M., Cole, J. N. S., Del Genio, A. D., Falk, M., Foster, M. J., Fridlind, A., Golaz, J., Hashino, T., Harrington, J. Y., Hoose, C., Khairoutdinov, M. F., Larson, V. E., Liu, X., ⦠Zhang, G. (2009). Intercomparison of model simulations of mixedâphase clouds observed during the ARM MixedâPhase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: singleâlayer cloud. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135(641), 979â1002. Portico.
Authors
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- Stephen A. Klein (first)
- Renata B. McCoy (additional)
- Hugh Morrison (additional)
- Andrew S. Ackerman (additional)
- Alexander Avramov (additional)
- Gijs de Boer (additional)
- Mingxuan Chen (additional)
- Jason N. S. Cole (additional)
- Anthony D. Del Genio (additional)
- Michael Falk (additional)
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- Ann Fridlind (additional)
- Jean‐Christophe Golaz (additional)
- Tempei Hashino (additional)
- Jerry Y. Harrington (additional)
- Corinna Hoose (additional)
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- Zhien Wang (additional)
- Audrey B. Wolf (additional)
- Shaocheng Xie (additional)
- Kuan‐Man Xu (additional)
- Fanglin Yang (additional)
- Gong Zhang (additional)
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@article{Klein_2009, title={Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed‐phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed‐Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single‐layer cloud}, volume={135}, ISSN={1477-870X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.416}, DOI={10.1002/qj.416}, number={641}, journal={Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Klein, Stephen A. and McCoy, Renata B. and Morrison, Hugh and Ackerman, Andrew S. and Avramov, Alexander and Boer, Gijs de and Chen, Mingxuan and Cole, Jason N. S. and Del Genio, Anthony D. and Falk, Michael and Foster, Michael J. and Fridlind, Ann and Golaz, Jean‐Christophe and Hashino, Tempei and Harrington, Jerry Y. and Hoose, Corinna and Khairoutdinov, Marat F. and Larson, Vincent E. and Liu, Xiaohong and Luo, Yali and McFarquhar, Greg M. and Menon, Surabi and Neggers, Roel A. J. and Park, Sungsu and Poellot, Michael R. and Schmidt, Jerome M. and Sednev, Igor and Shipway, Ben J. and Shupe, Matthew D. and Spangenberg, Douglas A. and Sud, Yogesh C. and Turner, David D. and Veron, Dana E. and Salzen, Knut von and Walker, Gregory K. and Wang, Zhien and Wolf, Audrey B. and Xie, Shaocheng and Xu, Kuan‐Man and Yang, Fanglin and Zhang, Gong}, year={2009}, month=apr, pages={979–1002} }