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Tripleclouds method enhances weather modeling by introducing cloud inhomogeneity, reducing biases in radiative properties. It compares with other methods using radar datasets.
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TRIPLECLOUDS:INTRODUCING CLOUD INHOMOGENEITY INTO WEATHER MODELS Jon Shonk Robin Hogan
1 frequency Plane parallel mean ice water content frequency Fudge factor 0.7 CLOUD INHOMOGENEITY…
2 CLOUD INHOMOGENEITY… Tripleclouds: how the method works Comparison of Tripleclouds with the plane parallel method Comparison of Tripleclouds with the fudge factor method and the plane parallel method, using a radar dataset
3 frequency mean ice water content cumulative frequency 50 15 THE TRIPLECLOUDS CALCULATION…
4 Vertical resolution: ~ 500m Natural log of ice water content Horizontal resolution: ~ 5min (~ 4.5km) THE TRIPLECLOUDS CALCULATION… One cloud region per level Two cloud regions per level
5 Plane parallel ICA Tripleclouds ICA PLANE PARALLEL VERSUS TRIPLECLOUDS… Short-wave albedo bias Mean optical depth
5 Plane parallel ICA Tripleclouds ICA Subset 25 PLANE PARALLEL VERSUS TRIPLECLOUDS… Net outward long-wave flux density bias / W m-2 Mean optical depth
6 THE SUBSET 25 EXPERIMENT… height / m time / min • Unapproximated ICA run • Plane parallel ICA run • Fudge factor ICA run • Tripleclouds ICA run • Plane parallel single-column run • Fudge factor single-column run • Tripleclouds single-column run
7 Plane parallel ICA Plane parallel single column Fudge factor ICA Fudge factor single column Tripleclouds ICA Tripleclouds single column THE SUBSET 25 EXPERIMENT… Long-wave outward flux bias / W m-2 Short-wave albedo bias one cloudy region two cloudy regions one cloudy region two cloudy regions
8 Plane parallel ICA Plane parallel single column Fudge factor ICA Fudge factor single column Tripleclouds ICA Tripleclouds single column THE TESTSET 1 EXPERIMENT… Long-wave outward flux bias / W m-2 Short-wave albedo bias one cloudy region two cloudy regions one cloudy region two cloudy regions
9 Plane parallel single column Fudge factor single column Tripleclouds single column THE TESTSET 1 EXPERIMENT… height / m Long-wave heating rate bias / K d-1
10 Plane parallel ICA Fudge factor ICA Tripleclouds ICA TRIPLECLOUDS VS FUDGE FACTOR… Short-wave albedo bias Mean optical depth
10 Plane parallel ICA Fudge factor ICA Tripleclouds ICA TRIPLECLOUDS VS FUDGE FACTOR… Net long-wave outward flux density bias / W m-2 Mean optical depth
11 FUDGE FACTOR OF SET 25… Long-wave outward flux bias / W m-2 Short-wave albedo bias fudge factor
12 TO SUMMARISE… Tripleclouds improves on the plane-parallel method by reducing biases in both short and long-wave properties. The fudge-factor method canreduce biases in the top-of-atmosphere radiative properties, although increases biases in internal properties. Tripleclouds improves on this by acting to reduce biases in both top-of-atmosphere and internal radiative properties, without significant additional computer run time.
5 OPTIMISING PERCENTILES… Split percentile = 30 Short-wave albedo bias Split percentile = 50 Split percentile = 70 Mean optical depth
9 Plane parallel single column Fudge factor single column Tripleclouds single column THE TESTSET 1 EXPERIMENT… height / m Short-wave heating rate bias / K d-1