Validation of Model Simulations of Anvil Cirrus Properties During TWP-ICE: Final Report

Zipser, Edward J.¹ 

[1] University of Utah

关键词: cloud properties;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1079828
RP-ID  :  DOE-Utah-64557
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1079828

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

This 3-year grant, with two extensions, resulted in a successful 5-year effort, led by Ph.D. student Adam Varble, to compare cloud resolving model (CRM) simulations with the excellent database obtained during the TWP-ICE field campaign. The objective, largely achieved, is to undertake these comparisons comprehensively and quantitatively, informing the community in ways that goes beyond pointing out errors in the models, but points out ways to improve both cloud dynamics and microphysics parameterizations in future modeling efforts. Under DOE support, Adam Varble, with considerable assistance from Dr. Ann Fridlind and others, entrained scientists who ran some 10 different CRMs and 4 different limited area models (LAMs) using a variety of microphysics parameterizations, to ensure that the conclusions of the study will have considerable generality.