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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [6]
  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
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1402225
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1243281; OSTI ID: 1402226
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-109635
Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Wang, Shuguang, Sobel, Adam H., Fridlind, Ann, Feng, Zhe, Comstock, Jennifer M., Minnis, Patrick, and Nordeen, Michele L. Simulations of cloud‐radiation interaction using large‐scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1002/2015MS000461.
Wang, Shuguang, Sobel, Adam H., Fridlind, Ann, Feng, Zhe, Comstock, Jennifer M., Minnis, Patrick, & Nordeen, Michele L. Simulations of cloud‐radiation interaction using large‐scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000461
Wang, Shuguang, Sobel, Adam H., Fridlind, Ann, Feng, Zhe, Comstock, Jennifer M., Minnis, Patrick, and Nordeen, Michele L. 2015. "Simulations of cloud‐radiation interaction using large‐scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000461.
@article{osti_1402225,
title = {Simulations of cloud‐radiation interaction using large‐scale forcing derived from the CINDY/DYNAMO northern sounding array},
author = {Wang, Shuguang and Sobel, Adam H. and Fridlind, Ann and Feng, Zhe and Comstock, Jennifer M. and Minnis, Patrick and Nordeen, Michele L.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1002/2015MS000461},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1402225}, journal = {Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems},
issn = {1942-2466},
number = 3,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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