Confronting the challenge of modeling cloud and precipitation microphysics

H Morrison, M van Lier‐Walqui… - Journal of advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the atmosphere, microphysics refers to the microscale processes that affect cloud and
precipitation particles and is a key linkage among the various components of Earth's …

The art and science of climate model tuning

F Hourdin, T Mauritsen, A Gettelman… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
The process of parameter estimation targeting a chosen set of observations is an essential
aspect of numerical modeling. This process is usually named tuning in the climate modeling …

The GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM4. 0/LM4. 0: 2. Model description, sensitivity studies, and tuning strategies

M Zhao, JC Golaz, IM Held, H Guo… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In Part 2 of this two‐part paper, documentation is provided of key aspects of a version of the
AM4. 0/LM4. 0 atmosphere/land model that will serve as a base for a new set of climate and …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamical core, physical parameterizations, and basic simulation characteristics of the atmospheric component AM3 of the GFDL global coupled model …

LJ Donner, BL Wyman, RS Hemler… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
Alexander, MJ, and KH Rosenlof, 2003: Gravity-wave forcing in the stratosphere:
Observational constraints from the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and implications …

[HTML][HTML] A revised approach to ice microphysical processes for the bulk parameterization of clouds and precipitation

SY Hong, J Dudhia, SH Chen - Monthly weather review, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
A revised approach to cloud microphysical processes in a commonly used bulk
microphysics parameterization and the importance of correctly representing properties of …

[PDF][PDF] Climate models and their evaluation

DA Randall, RA Wood, S Bony, R Colman… - Climate change 2007 …, 2007 - pure.mpg.de
This chapter assesses the capacity of the global climate models used elsewhere in this
report for projecting future climate change. Confidence in model estimates of future climate …

[HTML][HTML] Representation of clouds in large-scale models

M Tiedtke - Monthly Weather Review, 1993 - journals.ametsoc.org
A prognostic scheme for stratiform and convective clouds is developed for large-scale
models. The time evolution of clouds is defined through the large-scale budget equations for …

[PDF][PDF] The atmospheric general circulation model ECHAM 5. PART I: Model description

E Roeckner, G Bäuml, L Bonaventura, R Brokopf… - 2003 - pure.mpg.de
A detailed description of the fifth-generation ECHAM model is presented. Compared to the
previous version, ECHAM4, a number of substantial changes have been introduced in both …

[HTML][HTML] An accurate parameterization of the solar radiative properties of cirrus clouds for climate models

Q Fu - Journal of climate, 1996 - journals.ametsoc.org
An accurate parameterization of the solar radiative properties of cirrus clouds is developed
based on improved light scattering calculations. Here 28 ice crystal size distributions from in …

Impact of the LMDZ atmospheric grid configuration on the climate and sensitivity of the IPSL-CM5A coupled model

F Hourdin, MA Foujols, F Codron, V Guemas… - Climate Dynamics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The IPSL-CM5A climate model was used to perform a large number of control,
historical and climate change simulations in the frame of CMIP5. The refined horizontal and …