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Evaluation of the aggregation efficiency modeling at colder atmospheric temperatures in comparison to satellite observations

Evaluation of the aggregation efficiency modeling at colder atmospheric temperatures in... AbstractAggregation efficiency in the upper troposphere is highly uncertain because of the lack of laboratory experiments and aircraft measurements, especially at atmospheric temperatures below −30°C. Aggregation is physically broken down into collision and sticking. In this study, theory-based parameterizations for the collision efficiency and sticking efficiency are newly implemented into a double moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme. Satellite observations of the global ice cloud distribution are used to evaluate the aggregation efficiency modeling.Sensitivity experiments of 9-day global simulations using a high-resolution climate model show that the use of collision efficiency parameterization causes a slight increase in the cloud ice amount above the freezing level over the tropics to midlatitudes and that the use of our new sticking efficiency parameterization causes a significant increase in the cloud ice amount and a slight decrease in the snow amount particularly in the upper troposphere over the tropics. The increase/decrease in the cloud ice/snow amount in the upper troposphere over the tropics is consistent with the vertical profile of radar echoes. Moreover, the ice fraction of the cloud optical thickness is still underestimated worldwide. Finally, the cloud radiative forcing increases over the tropics to reduce the bias in the radiation budget. These results indicate that our new aggregation efficiency modeling reasonably functions even at atmospheric temperatures below −30°C; however, further improvements of the ice cloud modeling are needed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society

Evaluation of the aggregation efficiency modeling at colder atmospheric temperatures in comparison to satellite observations

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American Meteorological Society
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1520-0469
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10.1175/jas-d-23-0208.1
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Abstract

AbstractAggregation efficiency in the upper troposphere is highly uncertain because of the lack of laboratory experiments and aircraft measurements, especially at atmospheric temperatures below −30°C. Aggregation is physically broken down into collision and sticking. In this study, theory-based parameterizations for the collision efficiency and sticking efficiency are newly implemented into a double moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme. Satellite observations of the global ice cloud distribution are used to evaluate the aggregation efficiency modeling.Sensitivity experiments of 9-day global simulations using a high-resolution climate model show that the use of collision efficiency parameterization causes a slight increase in the cloud ice amount above the freezing level over the tropics to midlatitudes and that the use of our new sticking efficiency parameterization causes a significant increase in the cloud ice amount and a slight decrease in the snow amount particularly in the upper troposphere over the tropics. The increase/decrease in the cloud ice/snow amount in the upper troposphere over the tropics is consistent with the vertical profile of radar echoes. Moreover, the ice fraction of the cloud optical thickness is still underestimated worldwide. Finally, the cloud radiative forcing increases over the tropics to reduce the bias in the radiation budget. These results indicate that our new aggregation efficiency modeling reasonably functions even at atmospheric temperatures below −30°C; however, further improvements of the ice cloud modeling are needed.

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Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences – American Meteorological Society

Published: Jul 19, 2024

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