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Title: Simulations of cloud‐radiation interaction using large‐scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array

Journal Article · · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000461· OSTI ID:1402225
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  1. Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University New York New York USA
  2. Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Columbia University New York New York USA, Lamont‐Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Palisades, New York USA, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Columbia University New York New York USA
  3. NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies New York New York USA
  4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington USA
  5. NASA Langley Research Center Hampton Virginia USA
  6. Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton Virginia USA
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The recently completed CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign observed two Madden-Julian oscillation (MJO) events in the equatorial Indian Ocean from October to December 2011. Prior work has indicated that the moist static energy anomalies in these events grew and were sustained to a significant extent by radiative feedbacks. We present here a study of radiative fluxes and clouds in a set of cloud-resolving simulations of these MJO events. The simulations are driven by the large scale forcing dataset derived from the DYNAMO northern sounding array observations, and carried out in a doubly-periodic domain using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. simulated cloud properties and radiative fluxes are compared to those derived from the S-Polka radar and satellite observations. Furthermore, to accommodate the uncertainty in simulated cloud microphysics, a number of single moment (1M) and double moment (2M) microphysical schemes in the WRF model are tested.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1402225
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1243281; OSTI ID: 1402226
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-109635
Journal Information:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Journal Name: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Vol. 7 Journal Issue: 3; ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 16 works
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