Instructor
Prof. Marat Khairoutdinov
Office hours
Tu/Th 1:00-3:00 pm, or by email appt; Endeavour 205
Email
mkhairoutdin@ms.cc.sunysb.edu
Grading
S/U
Outline
The GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle
Experiment) Cloud System Study
(GCSS) is one of the GEWEX international modeling projects with the
goal to evaluate state-of-the art cloud models and to develop new
physically based cloud parameterizations for weather-forecasting and
global climate models. The GCSS Boundary Layer Cloud Working Group
(BLCWG) has been one of the most active and successful among the GCSS
working groups. Since 1994, the BLCWG has conducted close to a dozen
large-eddy-simulation (LES) model intercomparisons based on idealized
as well as observed cases of cloud-topped boundary layers.
We will study relevant journal articles, review and discuss the
following GCSS Boundary Layer Working Group cases.
1. FIRE Nocturnal Stratocumulus
2. Idealized Smoke case
3. ASTEX Lagrangian Experiment
4. ASTEX Stratocumulus
5. BOMEX Trade Wind Cumulus
6. ATEX Transitional Trade Cumulus
7. ARM Continental Cumulus with diurnal cycle
8. DYCOMS Nocturnal Non-precipitating Stratocumulus
9. DYCOMS Nocturnal Precipitating Stratocumulus
10. RICO Precipitating Trade Cumulus
Each student will be required to set up, run and analyze one of the
above cases using a state-of-the-art LES model, the System for
Atmospheric Modeling (SAM). Computational resources will be provided
along with the basic support and instructions how to set, compile and
run the model. The UNIX skills as well ability to make basic x-y plots
are required.
Discussion
Articles
Classical: Lilly
1968 - Sep 12, 19
Idealized stratocumulus from FIRE:
Moeng et al. 1996
Idealized Smoke case:
Bretherton et al, 1999 -
Sep 26
ASTEX Lagrangian Experiment: Bretherton
et al 1999 - Oct 3
BOMEX Trade Cumuli: Siebesma et al
2003 - Oct 10, 17
ATEX Transtional Trade Cumulus: Stevens
et al 2001 - Oct 17
ARM Shallow Cu Diurnal Cycle: Brown
et al 2002 - Oct 24
DYCOMS-II RF01 Stratocumulus: Stevens
et al 2005 - Oct 31
DYCOMS-II RF02 Drizzling Stratocumulus: Bretherton_et al_2007
-Nov 7
Ackerman et al 2008
Transition from shallow to deep convection: LBA. - Nov 14
Grabowski et al 2006, Khairoutdinov and Randall 2006
Shallow to Deep transition, Maritime: Kuang and Bretherton 2006 -
Nov 21
Review of moist convection: Stevens 2005 -
Dec 5
Supplemental materials
Introduction
ASTEX
etc
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