Three‐Moment Representation of Rain in a Bulk Microphysics Model
Abstract
Abstract A bulk three‐moment representation for rain microphysics is developed and implemented in the Predicted Particle Properties (P3) microphysics scheme. In addition, a new parameterization for rain self‐collection and collisional breakup (RSCB) is presented using a lookup table approach, based on the Spectral‐Bin Model (SBM). To quantify the impacts of sedimentation, evaporation, and RSCB on drop size distributions (DSDs), a rain shaft model is applied to a wide range of atmospheric scenarios (i.e., initial conditions and regimes) and compared against results from the SBM. DSD shapes are mainly determined by both sedimentation and evaporation, except in heavy rain where the impact of RSCB on DSD shape becomes more important than evaporation. The new parameterization for RSCB has a considerable impact on the mean drop size, improving the agreement between P3 and SBM. Only 4% of the original two‐moment rainshaft simulations have mean drop sizes and rain rates within ±20% of the SBM results, but this increases to more than 95% agreement when the three‐moment rain representation is used together with the new parameterization for RSCB. Generally, the improvement is more significant for heavy rain than for light drizzle. Remaining differences between bin and bulk model are attributable to treatments ofmore »
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA USA
- National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA
- Meteorological Research Branch Environment and Climate Change Canada Dorval Quebec Canada
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel
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- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1491916
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1491917; OSTI ID: 1502406
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-138435
Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- 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: 11 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1942-2466
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Bulk Microphysics Model; three-moment representation; rain self-collection and collisional breakup (RSCB); precipitation; three‐moment scheme; size sorting; evaporation; self‐collection; breakup
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Paukert, M., Fan, J., Rasch, P. J., Morrison, H., Milbrandt, J. A., Shpund, J., and Khain, A. Three‐Moment Representation of Rain in a Bulk Microphysics Model. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1029/2018MS001512.
Paukert, M., Fan, J., Rasch, P. J., Morrison, H., Milbrandt, J. A., Shpund, J., & Khain, A. Three‐Moment Representation of Rain in a Bulk Microphysics Model. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001512
Paukert, M., Fan, J., Rasch, P. J., Morrison, H., Milbrandt, J. A., Shpund, J., and Khain, A. Tue .
"Three‐Moment Representation of Rain in a Bulk Microphysics Model". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001512.
@article{osti_1491916,
title = {Three‐Moment Representation of Rain in a Bulk Microphysics Model},
author = {Paukert, M. and Fan, J. and Rasch, P. J. and Morrison, H. and Milbrandt, J. A. and Shpund, J. and Khain, A.},
abstractNote = {Abstract A bulk three‐moment representation for rain microphysics is developed and implemented in the Predicted Particle Properties (P3) microphysics scheme. In addition, a new parameterization for rain self‐collection and collisional breakup (RSCB) is presented using a lookup table approach, based on the Spectral‐Bin Model (SBM). To quantify the impacts of sedimentation, evaporation, and RSCB on drop size distributions (DSDs), a rain shaft model is applied to a wide range of atmospheric scenarios (i.e., initial conditions and regimes) and compared against results from the SBM. DSD shapes are mainly determined by both sedimentation and evaporation, except in heavy rain where the impact of RSCB on DSD shape becomes more important than evaporation. The new parameterization for RSCB has a considerable impact on the mean drop size, improving the agreement between P3 and SBM. Only 4% of the original two‐moment rainshaft simulations have mean drop sizes and rain rates within ±20% of the SBM results, but this increases to more than 95% agreement when the three‐moment rain representation is used together with the new parameterization for RSCB. Generally, the improvement is more significant for heavy rain than for light drizzle. Remaining differences between bin and bulk model are attributable to treatments of evaporation, and the restriction to gamma DSDs in P3.},
doi = {10.1029/2018MS001512},
journal = {Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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