Application of Stochastic Techniques to the ARM Cloud-Radiation Parameterization Problem Dana Veron, Jaclyn Secora, Mike Foster, Christopher Weaver, and.

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Application of Stochastic Techniques to the ARM Cloud-Radiation Parameterization Problem Dana Veron, Jaclyn Secora, Mike Foster, Christopher Weaver, and Fabrice Veron Abstract Stochastic shortwave radiative transfer through cloud fields has been shown to be a promising approach for modeling cloud-radiation interactions when the cloud field has a horizontal fraction between 0.2 and 0.8. The improvement of a stochastic technique over a plane-parallel one is that statistical information about the horizontal size and spacing of clouds may be incorporated in the radiative transfer calculations. However, several important factors must be considered in applying this approach to cloud-radiation parameterization such as the impact of the new scheme on atmospheric dynamics, and interaction of the algorithm with the model environment. More significantly, most atmospheric models do not calculate horizontal cloud scale information. Therefore, the determination of when a stochastic approach is appropriate, given the information available in current atmospheric general circulation models, and how to apply that approach is critical. Results from preliminary studies exploring the coupling the SIO single-column model with the stochastic model are shown. Recent work exploring the difficulties in incorporating horizontal cloud-scale information from an AGCM environment into the stochastic model using regional scale model cloud liquid water fields will also be discussed. The stochastic technique is also being explored as a method for modeling shortwave radiative transfer through mixed phase clouds. Table 1: This table lists the days used in the mixed phase cloud study. Days were chosen for having a relatively constant, solid mixed-phase cloud throughout much of the day, with a uniform cloud base and height (stratus, non-convective clouds Single Column Model The single-column model (SCM) developed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography by Iacobellis and Somerville (1991 a,b) will be used in this study to investigate the new stochastic cloud-radiation parameterization. The SCM has a similar horizontal domain as that of an AGCM grid cell, but the dynamic and radiative processes in the column do not feed back to the surrounding environment. This allows for detailed study of the physical processes occurring within the column, which makes the single-column model a good testbed for the evolving parameterization. Preliminary studies have shown that frequently, the SCM either calculates clear sky or a large cloud fraction with extremely small optical depth when low-level broken cloud fields are present. This is an example of when the stochastic representation of the cloud field might improve the realism of the SCM. Initially, the SCM is run at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program's (ARM) Southern Great Plains site for the year 2000 with the Tiedtke (1993) prognostic cloud scheme. The SCM was forced with observational data from the ARM SGP site, prepared using variational analysis of Zhang and Lin (1997) and Zhang et al. (2001). The SCM was run in ensemble mode with a run-length of 24-hours after an initial 12-hour spin-up period. The runs were performed at 6-hour intervals and then averaged together. This series of simulations is designated as the control. The second set of simulations, again run in ensemble mode for the year 2000, differs from the control run in that the cloud properties such as cloud base height, cloud fraction, liquid droplet effective radius, and liquid water path are taken from the cloud climatology described earlier instead of prognosed. Figure 1 shows a comparison between the cloud fraction predicted by the Tiedtke (1993) scheme and observed for June 2000. Figure 1: cloud fraction values at SGP site for a) Tiedtke (1993) cloud parameterization in blue, b) observed cloud fraction in red and c) Tiedtke (1993) cloud parameterization-observed cloud fraction in black Comparison between Tiedtke (1993) cloud parameterization (dashed blue) and Tiedtke with observed values of cloud fraction, base height, droplet effective radius, and liquid water path (solid red) for a) downwelling shortwave at the surface b) cloud fraction and c) column liquid water content. downwelling shortwave radiation at the surface calculated by the single-column model, using the Tiedke (1993) parameterization, plotted against the same model with observed cloud properties.