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DOI | 10.1029/2018JD029346 |
Dependence of Vertical Alignment of Cloud and Precipitation Properties on Their Effective Fall Speeds | |
Ovchinnikov, Mikhail1; Giangrande, Scott2; Larson, Vincent E.3; Protat, Alain4; Williams, Christopher R.5 | |
2019-02-27 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES |
ISSN | 2169-897X |
EISSN | 2169-8996 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 124期号:4页码:2079-2093 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Australia |
英文摘要 | The vertical structure of clouds unresolved in large-scale weather prediction and climate models is controlled by an overlap assumption. When a binary representation (cloud or no cloud) of subgrid horizontal variability is replaced by a probability density function (PDF) treatment of cloud-related variables, a cloud occurrence overlap needs to be replaced by a PDF overlap. The PDF overlap can be quantified by a correlation length scale, z(0), indicating how rapidly rank correlation of distributions at two levels diminishes with increasing level separation. In this study, we show that z(0) varies widely for different properties (e.g., number and mass mixing ratios) and different hydrometeor types (cloud liquid and ice, rain, snow, and graupel) and that corresponding fall speed, V-f, is the primary factor controlling the degree of their vertical alignment, with vertical shear of the horizontal wind playing a smaller role. Linear and power law parametric relationships between z(0) and V-f are derived using cloud-resolving simulations of convection under midlatitude continental and tropical oceanic conditions, as well as observations from vertically pointing dual-frequency radar profilers near Darwin, Australia. The functional form of z(0)-V-f relationship is further examined using simple conceptual models that link variability in horizontal and vertical directions and provide insights into the role of V-f and wind shear. Being based on a physical property (i.e., fall speed) of hydrometeors rather than artificially defined and model-specific hydrometeor types, the proposed parameterization of vertical PDF overlap can be applied to a wide range of microphysics treatments in regional and global models. |
英文关键词 | cloud and precipitation overlap microphysics parameterization hydrometeor classification subcolumn generator fall speed wind shear |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000461856300012 |
WOS关键词 | PART I ; OVERLAP ; MICROPHYSICS ; MODELS ; PARAMETERIZATION ; IMPACT |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/33124 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA; 2.Brookhaven Natl Lab, Upton, NY 11973 USA; 3.Univ Wisconsin, Dept Math Sci, Milwaukee, WI 53201 USA; 4.Ctr Australian Weather & Climate Res, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; 5.NOAA, Earth Syst Res Lab, Boulder, CO USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ovchinnikov, Mikhail,Giangrande, Scott,Larson, Vincent E.,et al. Dependence of Vertical Alignment of Cloud and Precipitation Properties on Their Effective Fall Speeds[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2019,124(4):2079-2093. |
APA | Ovchinnikov, Mikhail,Giangrande, Scott,Larson, Vincent E.,Protat, Alain,&Williams, Christopher R..(2019).Dependence of Vertical Alignment of Cloud and Precipitation Properties on Their Effective Fall Speeds.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,124(4),2079-2093. |
MLA | Ovchinnikov, Mikhail,et al."Dependence of Vertical Alignment of Cloud and Precipitation Properties on Their Effective Fall Speeds".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 124.4(2019):2079-2093. |
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