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Simulations of Winter Arctic Clouds and Associated Radiation Fluxes Using Different Cloud Microphysics Schemes in the Polar WRF: Comparisons With CloudSat, CALIPSO, and CERES
Author(s) -
Cho Heeje,
Jun SangYoon,
Ho ChangHoi,
McFarquhar Greg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-8996
pISSN - 2169-897X
DOI - 10.1029/2019jd031413
Subject(s) - environmental science , weather research and forecasting model , arctic , polar , satellite , longwave , meteorology , cloud top , cloud computing , atmospheric sciences , climatology , polar night , the arctic , radiation , geography , computer science , geology , physics , oceanography , quantum mechanics , astronomy , operating system
Key Points Winter Arctic clouds simulated by the polar version of the Weather Research and Forecasting model are compared with satellite retrievals The cloud amount and cloud top height of model simulations agree well with those of satellite retrievals The downward longwave radiation at the surface shows realistic temporal variations, but is sensitive to the cloud microphysics scheme choice