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Title: Evaluating and Improving Cloud Processes in the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework

Abstract

The research performed under this grant was intended to improve the embedded cloud model in the Multi-scale Modeling Framework (MMF) for convective clouds by using a 2-moment microphysics scheme rather than the single moment scheme used in all the MMF runs to date. The technical report and associated documents describe the results of testing the cloud resolving model with fixed boundary conditions and evaluation of model results with data. The overarching conclusion is that such model evaluations are problematic because errors in the forcing fields control the results so strongly that variations in parameterization values cannot be usefully constrained

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1171707
Report Number(s):
SC0001635
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0001635
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; cloud microphysics parameterization

Citation Formats

Ackerman, Thomas P. Evaluating and Improving Cloud Processes in the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1171707.
Ackerman, Thomas P. Evaluating and Improving Cloud Processes in the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1171707
Ackerman, Thomas P. 2015. "Evaluating and Improving Cloud Processes in the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1171707. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1171707.
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title = {Evaluating and Improving Cloud Processes in the Multi-Scale Modeling Framework},
author = {Ackerman, Thomas P.},
abstractNote = {The research performed under this grant was intended to improve the embedded cloud model in the Multi-scale Modeling Framework (MMF) for convective clouds by using a 2-moment microphysics scheme rather than the single moment scheme used in all the MMF runs to date. The technical report and associated documents describe the results of testing the cloud resolving model with fixed boundary conditions and evaluation of model results with data. The overarching conclusion is that such model evaluations are problematic because errors in the forcing fields control the results so strongly that variations in parameterization values cannot be usefully constrained},
doi = {10.2172/1171707},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1171707}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}