challenges in convection
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Challenges in Convection. Leo Donner GFDL/NOAA, Princeton University. DOE Workshop on Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Regional-Scale Integrated Water Cycle Washington, DC, 25 September 2012. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Challenges in Convection
Leo DonnerGFDL/NOAA, Princeton University
DOE Workshop on Community Modeling and Long-Term Predictions of the Regional-Scale Integrated Water Cycle
Washington, DC, 25 September 2012
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Challenge I: Climate Spread in Predicted Changes in
Precipitation
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Projected Change in Precipitation for NH Winter (DJF) andNH Summer (JJA)
White Areas: Less than 66% of models agree on increase ordecrease
Stippled Areas: More than 90% of models agree on increaseor decrease
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Challenge II: Robust Errors
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GFDLAM3
GFDLCM3
Annual Precipitation
Atmosphere with
Prescribed SSTs
Coupled Ocean-
AtmosphereModel
Kato et al. (2011, J. Geophys. Res.) indicate GPCP precipitation may be biased 15% to 20%
low.
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Challenge III: Cumulus Parameterizations Implicated in Climate Model Inability to
Simultaneously SimulateMean State and Variability
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from Donner et al. (2011, J. Climate)
(bin size = 0.05)
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from Donner et al. (2011, J. Climate)
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Challenge IV: Aerosols and Deep Convection
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Aerosol Interactions with Deep Convection:Invigoration? Anvil Radiative Changes?
from Rosenfeld et al. (2008, Science)
Lee et al. (2009, ACP) showed longwave MCS warming with increased aerosol offset 28% of shortwave cooling.
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Challenge V: Convective Organization
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from Benedict et al. (2012, J. Climate, in press)