the three themes: regional climate change and energy modeling outstanding scientific problems
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The Three Themes: Regional Climate Change and Energy Modeling Outstanding Scientific Problems Infusion of Data into Models. Outstanding Science Problems. Zhang Marat K. Lin. Vogelmann Miller Jensen Wagener. Colle. Chang. Liu Daum Guo. NY Blue Center. Riemer. McGraw Schwartz - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Three Themes:The Three Themes:
1.1. Regional Climate Change and Energy Regional Climate Change and Energy ModelingModeling
2.2. Outstanding Scientific ProblemsOutstanding Scientific Problems
3.3. Infusion of Data into ModelsInfusion of Data into Models
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Outstanding Science ProblemsOutstanding Science Problems
Vogelmann Miller
JensenWagener
LiuDaumGuo
McGrawSchwartz
LewisChang
ReismanBhatt
Wang
Riemer
Chang
Colle
ZhangMarat K.
Lin
NY BlueNY BlueCenterCenter
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Aerosol Modeling
Aerosol Indirect Effect on Clouds
Cloud Processes for Weather
Cloud Climate Feedback and Turbulence
Coastal Turbulent Mixing
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Quantifying Aerosol Forcing of Climate Change (McGraw)Quantifying Aerosol Forcing of Climate Change (McGraw)
Performing ensemble climate model runs of several months duration Performing ensemble climate model runs of several months duration with and without aerosols will allow better quantification of this forcing, with and without aerosols will allow better quantification of this forcing, insight into the quantities and processes on which it depends.insight into the quantities and processes on which it depends.
Radiative forcing components from the 2007 IPCC Report: Largest Radiative forcing components from the 2007 IPCC Report: Largest contributions to uncertainty are due to aerosols and aerosol-cloud interaction.contributions to uncertainty are due to aerosols and aerosol-cloud interaction.
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BNL APPROACH: REPRESENTING AEROSOLS IN CLIMATE MODELS USING THE QUADRATURE METHOD OF MOMENTS (QMOM)
Illustration of a Simple Case:
Blue Gene provides the ensemble GCM simulation capabilityBlue Gene provides the ensemble GCM simulation capability
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Global scale
Regional scale
Mesoscale
Microscale
Particle scale
Multiscale Aerosol Models(Riemer)
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Stochastic particle resolved aerosol code
• Explicitly track composition of all particles in a parcel, with random coagulation events, interleaved with chemistry.
• Current serial code is implemented in Fortran 95. – Compute 10 minutes of simulation time using 107 particles and a gravitational
kernel in about 5 minutes of CPU time on a PC.
• Parallel version is needed to enable very large particle numbers (1010 and higher) and faster computation, especially when coupled to chemistry and transport models. – Flexible communication topology using MPI.
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Mesoscale aerosol modeling
• Use WRF-chem (standard community model) to model aerosol transport, dynamics and chemistry on the mesoscale.
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Aerosol Indirect EffectAerosol-cloud-climate interactions:
Largest uncertainties in climate studies Aerosols: tiny particles in the air Clouds: water drops/ice crystals Require sophisticated models
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Microscopic Zoom in
Macroscopic view of clouds
Clouds are microscopic droplets
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Mean droplet radius~ 10 m
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Bulk Cloud PhysicsCloud properties:
mass concentration number concentration radar reflectivity …
Modeled Observed
(Fan et al., 2007)
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Size-bin Cloud Physics
Cloud particle sizes: nm to cm
Spectrum:
(Tao et al., 2003)
M1, M2, . . . Mi, . . .
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Importance of Clouds in Weather Research (Colle)
Many effects of clouds on climate and weather are largely unknown/uncertain (observations lacking, models at coarse resolution have poor representation of clouds). Most important problem confronting dynamicists and modelers today.
Cloud-resolving (h ~ O(100 m)) simulations of cloud systems are needed to understand cloud dynamics and to improve parameterizations - a computing challenge.
cloud-mixingeddies
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Composite NEXRAD RadarReflectivity Forecast
(Courtesy of G. Bryan, NCAR/MMM)
4-km WRF Reflectivity Forecast Observed Reflectivity
Vertical Motion (5-km)
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Simulations using x = 4 km to x = 125 m
Vertical cross-section of tracer concentration).
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(Courtesy of G. Bryan, NCAR/MMM)
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Fundamental Hurricane Research
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Mobile AL Radar
Meso-/Cloud-Scale Model (WRF)Hurricane Katrina Reflectivity at Landfall
29 Aug 2005 14 Z
4 km WRF, 62 h forecast
(Courtesy of B. Skamarock, NCAR/MMM)
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Cloud-Climate Feedback (Zhang)
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conv. dryingturb. mostening
Conv. moistening
PBL drying
PBL deepens
turb. mosteningconv. recovers
evap. cooling
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LES Simulations as Benchmark
(Marat Khairoutdinov)
Plan: SAM LESGCE LESCAM High Resolution and Physical Ensembles
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Water mass exchange between the continental shelf and the Gulf Stream (Wang)
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Problems
Modeling of Some Key Missing ProcessesSpecific Consequence of Multi-scale Turbulent Interactions
Models
Aerosol ModelsGCE CRM/LES (3d bin microphysics)SAM LES (large domains)WRFPOP