Intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of Arctic mixed-phase clouds: Importance of ice size distribution assumptions

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-248

  Ovchinnikov, Mikhail ^a   Ackerman, Andrew S ^b   Avramov, Alexander ^c   Cheng, Anning ^d   Fan, Jiwen ^a   Fridlind, Ann M ^b   Ghan, Steven ^a   Harrington, Jerry ^e   Hoose, Corinna ^f   Korolev, Alexei ^g   McFarquhar, Greg M ^h   Morrison, Hugh ⁱ   Paukert, Marco ^f   Savre, Julien ^j   Shipway, Ben J ^k   Shupe, Matthew D ^l   Solomon, Amy ^l   Sulia, Kara ^m  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Arctic clouds; cloud microphysics; ice size distribution; large eddy simulations; mixed phase clouds

Indexed keywords

BINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC CLOUDS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; GAMMA SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ICE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; MODEL REPRESENTATION; RADIATION PARAMETERIZATION; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

ICE;

AEROSOL; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84899122322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013MS000282     Document Type: Article

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