Simulating Aerosol Indirect Effects with Improved Aerosol-Cloud- Precipitation Representations in a Coupled Regional Climate Model

Technical Report · Wed Apr 27 04:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1249119

Zhang, Yang ^[1]; Leung, L. Ruby ^[2]; Fan, Jiwen ^[2]

---

1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; North Carolina State University
2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division

This is a collaborative project among North Carolina State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego to address the critical need for an accurate representation of aerosol indirect effect in climate and Earth system models. In this project, we propose to develop and improve parameterizations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation feedbacks in climate models and apply them to study the effect of aerosols and clouds on radiation and hydrologic cycle. Our overall objective is to develop, improve, and evaluate parameterizations to enable more accurate simulations of these feedbacks in high resolution regional and global climate models.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Contributing Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0006695
• OSTI ID: 1249119
• Report Number(s): NCSU--AQ016-16-01
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
Regional climate
aerosol direct effects
aerosol indirect effect
model application and evaluation
model development and improvement
online-coupled models