The role of boundary layer clouds in the global energy and water cycle: An integrated assessment using satellite observations Ralf Bennartz University.

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The role of boundary layer clouds in the global energy and water cycle: An integrated assessment using satellite observations Ralf Bennartz University of Wisconsin – Madison

Outline Low clouds/light rain: What do we know? Why do we care? Creating a combined MODIS/AMSR dataset Regional studies Project timeline

Annual mean liquid water path from CMIP3 models Lauer and Hamilton

Annual mean liquid water path from CMIP5 models Lauer and Hamilton

Outline Balance of latent heat release, shortwave, and longwave radiative heating/cooling play dominant role in maintenance of these clouds Cloud albedo strongly affected via cloud-break- up/reorganization of cloud structures. Aerosols modify precipitation efficiency and albedo via changes in cloud droplet number concentration A-train observations can provide baseline for understanding these processes

LWP from VIS/NIR: Factor f depends on stratification of cloud (e.g. f=5/9 for adiabatic, f=2/3 for vertically uniform) N for an adiabatic cloud related to optical depth and LWP. C depends weakly on temperature and width of droplet spectrum Basic physical relations

LWP from VIS/NIR: Factor f depends on stratification of cloud (e.g. f=5/9 for adiabatic, f=2/3 for vertically uniform) N for an adiabatic cloud related to optical depth and LWP. C depends weakly on temperature and width of droplet spectrum MW: Very direct measurement. Mass absorption coefficient depends slightly on temperature, σ r depends on rain water content too. Basic physical relations

Bennartz et al. (2010)

Basic physical relations Bennartz et al. (2010)

Three input variables (τ VIS r eff τ MW )  Three output variables (N,LWP,RWP) Basic physical relations

Three input variables (τ VIS r eff τ MW )  Three output variables (N,LWP,RWP) Auxiliary data, assumptions: Cloud top height Cloud top temperature Drizzle/rain particle size distribution Width of cloud droplet spectrum Basic physical relations

Direct physical relationship between MW/VNIR optical properties and cloud physical properties. Errors and uncertainties due to input and auxiliary parameters can be specified and dependencies can be explicitly spelled out. Validity of assumptions can be assessed from observations. No unknown unknowns (though a lot of known unknowns). Basic physical relations

Bennartz et al. (2010), Bennartz (2007), Rausch et al. (2010) Products

Cloud droplet number concentration

(Bennartz et al. GRL, 2011)

Cloud droplet number concentration (Bennartz, Fan, Rausch, Leung, Heidinger, GRL, 2011)

Plans for NEWS Ongoing/This meeting: Coordinate with other PIs. Ongoing: Case study selection; acquire datasets (MODIS C6) Uncertainty/error analysis; case studies Fall 2014: Peer reviewed publication. Fall 2014 Make dataset available to community.