A modified formulation of fractional stratiform condensation rate in the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model (CAM2)

By Minghua Zhang, Wuyin Lin, Chris Bretherton, James J. Hack, P. Rasch. 2003

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change

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The Mean Climate of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM4) in Forced SST and Fully Coupled Experiments (2013, background): “In this section we will document major changes in the regional climate comparing not only CAM3 and CAM4 AMIP type experiments, but also a subset of experiments with a fully interactive coupled ocean as previously documented inGent et al. (2011) andCollins et al. (2006b) and whose details are documen”
A new two-moment bulk stratiform cloud microphysics scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, version 3 (CAM3). Part I: Description and numerical tests (2008, methodology): “The partitioning of condensation rate between liquid and ice in Zhang et al. (2003) follows Rasch and Kristjansson (1998) as a linear function of temperature.”
A comparison of low-latitude cloud properties and their response to climate change in three AGCMs sorted into regimes using mid-tropospheric vertical velocity (2006, background): “The large discrepancies in overall cloud amount with height have been noted in Lin and Zhang (2004) and Zhang et al. (2005). 6 Response of the AGCMs to a +2K SST change”
Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0) (2004, methodology): “0 is described in Rasch and Kristjánsson [1998] and Zhang et al. [2003]. The original formulation is introduced in Rasch and Kristjánsson [1998]. Revisions to the parameterization to deal more realistically with the treatment of the condensation and evaporation under forcing by large scale processes”
Simulation of direct radiative forcing of aerosols and their effects on East Asian climate using an interactive AGCM-aerosol coupled system (2012, methodology): “Therefore, it is concluded that the presence of clouds can enhance positive forcing and weaken negative forcing at the TOA, which is consistent with the results of Zhang et al. (2009). Table 4 lists the simulated annual hemispherical and global mean DRF by each species of aerosol components at the T”
Aerosol indirect effects – general circulation model intercomparison and evaluation with satellite data (2009, methodology): “…cloud cover scheme based on relative humidity after Slingo (1987) a large-scale condensation scheme after Rasch and Kristj´ansson (1998) updated by Zhang et al. (2003), and a seven-mode version of modal aerosol treatment which predicts mass concentrations of aerosol species in Aitken,…”
A New Two-Moment Bulk Stratiform Cloud Microphysics Scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 3 (CAM3). Part II: Single-Column and Global Results (2008, methodology): “Both the MG08 and RK98 schemes use the same macrophysical closure of fractional condensation from Zhang et al. (2003) .”
Uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning in the CAM5 Zhang‐McFarlane convection scheme and impact of improved convection on the global circulation and climate (2013, methodology): “The cloud macrophysics scheme, which provides a subgrid environment for the microphysics processes [Smith, 1990; Rasch and Kristjansson, 1998; Zhang et al., 2003] and includes a suite of physical processes related to the calculations of cloud fraction, overlapping structures, and partial…”