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DOI | 10.1002/2016JD026055 |
Using large eddy simulations to reveal the size, strength, and phase of updraft and downdraft cores of an Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud | |
Roesler, Erika L.1; Posselt, Derek J.2; Rood, Richard B.3 | |
2017-04-27 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES |
ISSN | 2169-897X |
EISSN | 2169-8996 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 122期号:8 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Three-dimensional large eddy simulations (LES) are used to analyze a springtime Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus observed on 26 April 2008 during the Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign. Two subgrid-scale turbulence parameterizations are compared. The first scheme is a 1.5-order turbulent kinetic energy (1.5-TKE) parameterization that has been previously applied to boundary layer cloud simulations. The second scheme, Cloud Layers Unified By Binormals (CLUBB), provides higher-order turbulent closure with scale awareness. The simulations, in comparisons with observations, show that both schemes produce the liquid profiles within measurement variability but underpredict ice water mass and overpredict ice number concentration. The simulation using CLUBB underpredicted liquid water path more than the simulation using the 1.5-TKE scheme, so the turbulent length scale and horizontal grid box size were increased to increase liquid water path and reduce dissipative energy. The LES simulations show this stratocumulus cloud to maintain a closed cellular structure, similar to observations. The updraft and downdraft cores self-organize into a larger meso--scale convective pattern with the 1.5-TKE scheme, but the cores remain more isotropic with the CLUBB scheme. Additionally, the cores are often composed of liquid and ice instead of exclusively containing one or the other. These results provide insight into traditionally unresolved and unmeasurable aspects of an Arctic mixed-phase cloud. From analysis, this cloud's updraft and downdraft cores appear smaller than other closed-cell stratocumulus such as midlatitude stratocumulus and Arctic autumnal mixed-phase stratocumulus due to the weaker downdrafts and lower precipitation rates. Plain Language Summary Low-lying clouds in the Arctic are ubiquitous and important to understand for the near-surface energy balance. These clouds are difficult to measure because of the challenging environment in which they reside. High-resolution models are tools that help fill in knowledge gaps about these clouds. In this work, we compare two different ways to represent fine motion within the cloud and see how the macrophysical properties of the cloud are affected. We found that one representation creates a more energetic cloud, and this type of cloud would exist longer than the other. We also are led to believe in these simulations that these clouds have different internal motions when compared to similar-looking clouds formed at lower latitudes or formed in a different season in the Arctic. |
英文关键词 | Arctic mixed-phase clouds LES subgrid-scale turbulence stratocumulus |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000401180800015 |
WOS关键词 | COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL ; PART I ; TURBULENCE ; SHEBA ; ICE ; PARAMETERIZATION ; PRECIPITATION ; FORMULATION ; INVERSION ; HUMIDITY |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/33846 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Sandia Natl Labs, POB 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA; 2.Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA USA; 3.Univ Michigan, Climate & Space Sci & Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Roesler, Erika L.,Posselt, Derek J.,Rood, Richard B.. Using large eddy simulations to reveal the size, strength, and phase of updraft and downdraft cores of an Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2017,122(8). |
APA | Roesler, Erika L.,Posselt, Derek J.,&Rood, Richard B..(2017).Using large eddy simulations to reveal the size, strength, and phase of updraft and downdraft cores of an Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,122(8). |
MLA | Roesler, Erika L.,et al."Using large eddy simulations to reveal the size, strength, and phase of updraft and downdraft cores of an Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus cloud".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 122.8(2017). |
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