Sensitivity of simulated summer monsoonal precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya to cloud microphysics schemes in WRF
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DOI: 10.1002/2016jd025801
Abstract: A better understanding of regional-scale precipitation patterns in the Himalayan region is required to increase our knowledge of the impacts of climate change on downstream water availability. This study examines the impact of four cloud… read more here.
Keywords: sensitivity simulated; precipitation; precipitation langtang; cloud ... See more keywords
Using large eddy simulations to reveal the size, strength, and phase of updraft and downdraft cores of an Arctic mixed phase stratocumulus cloud†
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DOI: 10.1002/2016jd026055
Abstract: Three-dimensional large eddy simulations (LES) are used to analyze a springtime Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus observed on 26 April 2008 during the Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign (ISDAC). Two subgrid-scale turbulence parameterizations are compared. The first… read more here.
Keywords: phase; arctic mixed; phase stratocumulus; cloud ... See more keywords
Cloud-edge mixing: Direct numerical simulation and observations in Indian Monsoon clouds
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DOI: 10.1002/2016ms000731
Abstract: A direct numerical simulation (DNS) with the decaying turbulence setup has been carried out to study cloud-edge mixing and its impact on the droplet size distribution (DSD) applying thermodynamic conditions observed in monsoon convective clouds… read more here.
Keywords: numerical simulation; cloud; cloud edge; edge mixing ... See more keywords
Large‐eddy simulation of subtropical cloud‐topped boundary layers: 2. Cloud response to climate change
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DOI: 10.1002/2016ms000804
Abstract: How subtropical marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds respond to warming is investigated using large-eddy simulations (LES) of a wide range of warmer climates, with CO2 concentrations elevated by factors 2–16. In LES coupled to a… read more here.
Keywords: large eddy; warmer climates; surface; climate ... See more keywords
Intercomparison between CMIP5 model and MODIS satellite‐retrieved data of aerosol optical depth, cloud fraction, and cloud‐aerosol interactions
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DOI: 10.1002/2017ea000288
Abstract: Aerosols are a critical component of the Earth's atmosphere and can affect the climate of the Earth through their interactions with solar radiation and clouds. Cloud fraction (CF) and aerosol optical depth at 550 nm… read more here.
Keywords: aerosol interactions; cloud; model; cloud aerosol ... See more keywords
A case study of microphysical structures and hydrometeor phase in convection using radar Doppler spectra at Darwin, Australia
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DOI: 10.1002/2017gl074187
Abstract: To understand the microphysical processes that impact diabatic heating and cloud lifetimes in convection, we need to characterize the spatial distribution of supercooled liquid water. To address this observational challenge, ground-based vertically pointing active sensors… read more here.
Keywords: phase; radar; cloud; mixed phase ... See more keywords
Understanding the Twist Distribution Inside Magnetic Flux Ropes by Anatomizing an Interplanetary Magnetic Cloud
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DOI: 10.1002/2017ja024971
Abstract: Magnetic flux rope (MFR) is the core structure of the greatest eruptions, i.e., the coronal mass ejections (CMEs), on the Sun, and magnetic clouds are post-eruption MFRs in interplanetary space. There is a strong debate… read more here.
Keywords: magnetic cloud; magnetic flux; cloud; effect ... See more keywords
The OCO-2 Oxygen A-Band Response to Liquid Marine Cloud Properties from CALIPSO and MODIS
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026561
Abstract: Spectra of reflected sunlight in the oxygen A-band contain information about cloud properties such as cloud top pressure, optical depth, and pressure thickness. Here we show, for the first time, that high-spectral-resolution A-band Orbiting Carbon… read more here.
Keywords: oxygen band; cloud; band; cloud properties ... See more keywords
Tropical cloud and precipitation regimes as seen from near-simultaneous TRMM, CloudSat, and CALIPSO observations and comparison with ISCCP
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026569
Abstract: Although Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and CloudSat/CALIPSO fly in different orbits, they frequently cross each other so that for the period between 2006 and 2010, a total of 15,986 intersect lines occurred within 20 min… read more here.
Keywords: trmm cloudsat; tropical cloud; precipitation regimes; cloud ... See more keywords
Cloud‐resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part I—Convective updrafts
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026622
Abstract: An intercomparison study of a midlatitude mesoscale squall line is performed using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at 1 km horizontal grid spacing with eight different cloud microphysics schemes to investigate processes that… read more here.
Keywords: convective updrafts; intercomparison; cloud; model ... See more keywords
An assessment of thin cloud detection by applying bidirectional reflectance distribution function model‐based background surface reflectance using Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI): A case study for South Korea
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DOI: 10.1002/2017jd026707
Abstract: In this study, a new assessment of thin cloud detection with the application of bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model-based background surface reflectance was undertaken by interpreting surface spectra characterized using the Geostationary Ocean Color… read more here.
Keywords: detection; reflectance; cloud; thin cloud ... See more keywords