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DOI10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0666.1
Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Supercooled Liquid Cloud Biases in CESM to Snowfall Processes
McIlhattan, Elin A.1; 39;Ecuyer, Tristan S.2
2017-06-01
发表期刊JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
ISSN0894-8755
EISSN1520-0442
出版年2017
卷号30期号:12
文章类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
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Clouds are a key regulator of Earth's surface energy balance. The presence or absence of clouds, along with their macroscale and microscale characteristics, is the primary factor modulating the amount of radiation incident on the surface. Recent observational studies in the Arctic highlight the ubiquity of supercooled liquid-containing clouds (LCCs) and their disproportionately large impact on surface melt. Global climate models (GCMs) do not simulate enough Arctic LCCs compared to observations, and thus fail to represent the surface energy balance correctly. This work utilizes spaceborne observations from NASA's A-Train satellite constellation to explore physical processes behind LCCs and surface energy biases in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble (CESM-LE) project output. On average CESM-LE underestimates LCC frequency by; 18% over the Arctic, resulting in a similar to 20Wm 22 bias in downwelling longwave radiation (DLR) over the similar to 18x10(6) km(2) area examined. Collocated observations of falling snow and LCCs indicate that Arctic LCCs produce precipitation similar to 13% of the time. Conversely, CESM-LE generates snow in similar to 70% of LCCs. This result indicates that the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen (WBF) process-the growth of ice at the expense of supercooled liquid-may be too strong in the model, causing ice to scavenge polar supercooled cloud liquid too efficiently. Ground-based observations from Summit Station, Greenland, provide further evidence of these biases on a more local scale, suggesting that CESM-LE overestimates snow frequency in LCCs by similar to 52% at the center of the ice sheet leading to similar to 21% too few LCCs and similar to 24Wm(-2) too little DLR.


领域气候变化
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000402379600009
WOS关键词COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL ; OCCURRENCE SENSOR SYSTEM ; GREENLAND ICE-SHEET ; MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS ; PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE ; PROFILING RADAR ; MASS-BALANCE ; CLIMATE ; PARAMETERS ; SATELLITE
WOS类目Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
WOS研究方向Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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被引频次:40[WOS]   [WOS记录]     [WOS相关记录]
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/20338
专题气候变化
作者单位1.Univ Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA;
2.Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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McIlhattan, Elin A.,39;Ecuyer, Tristan S.. Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Supercooled Liquid Cloud Biases in CESM to Snowfall Processes[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2017,30(12).
APA McIlhattan, Elin A.,&39;Ecuyer, Tristan S..(2017).Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Supercooled Liquid Cloud Biases in CESM to Snowfall Processes.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,30(12).
MLA McIlhattan, Elin A.,et al."Observational Evidence Linking Arctic Supercooled Liquid Cloud Biases in CESM to Snowfall Processes".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30.12(2017).
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