Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Improvements in Radiation Processes Bill Collins Andrew Conley, David Fillmore, Julia Lee-Taylor, Phil Rasch National Center for Atmospheric Research Inclusion of diagnostic aerosols Improvements in near-infrared absorption by H 2 O Update to longwave to incorporate new H 2 O continuum
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Radiative Forcing by Diagnostic Aerosols
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Global Aerosol Assimilation Climatology AnalysisNCAR CAM Aerosol Forcing Climate Impacts AVHRR Aerosol Assimilatio n Analysis
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Annual Mean Aerosol Mass
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Optical Depths for Each Species
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Clear-sky Forcing, by Species
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Clear-sky Forcing, by Species (cont)
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Clear-sky Radiative Forcing, All Aerosols TOA
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Aerosol Forcing on the Atmosphere
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Shortwave Heating Rates
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Change in Atmospheric Temperatures T (2m) T (850 mb) 99% Significance Aerosol - Control
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Change in Temperature Profiles
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Change in Boundary Layer Height 99% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Change in Residual Surface Energy Flux 99% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Change in Net Surface Longwave Flux 99% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Change in Sensible Heat Flux 99% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Change in Latent Heat Flux 99% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Perturbation to Precipitation Rates Annual DJF 95% Significance
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Change in Atmospheric Vertical Velocity
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 ?Conclusions Characteristics of global aerosol climatology: –Visible Optical Depth = 0.11 –Atmospheric Forcing = 2.81 Wm -2 Atmospheric response to aerosol forcing: –Increased zonal-mean vertical velocity –Increased stability of boundary layer –Large decreases in latent and sensible heat –Statistically significant shifts in precipitation patterns Future work: response of coupled climate system
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Modifications to Clear-sky Shortwave Update interaction of SW radiation with H 2 O –New H 2 O line data (updates since 1982 database used in CAM2) –New treatments of H 2 O continuum absorption (no continuum treatment in CAM2) Benchmark calculations for verification: –Spectral absorption from GENLN3 –Radiative transfer by DISORT2 Improved procedures for parameterization
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Path to Updated Shortwave Parameterization GENLN3 Line by line model Parallel Radiation Code Benchmark Heating Rates Near-IR Absorption Spectra Updated Parameterization Parameterization Error Analysis
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark: Absorption 2.7 m
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark: Absorption (detail)
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark: Scattering
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark: Solar Spectrum
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark Heating Rates: Tropics
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark Heating Rates: High Latitude
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark Heating Rates: Mid Latitude
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Benchmark Heating Rates
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Absorption Cross-Section of H 2 O
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 CAM Bands Absorption Cross-Section of H 2 O
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Fitting Procedure
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Fitting Procedure (cont).
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Fitting Procedure (cont).
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Variation of Absorption with Atmospheric State CAM2CAM2x
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Path to Updated LW Parameterization GENLN3 Line by line model Benchmark Heating Rates New Absorptivity & Emissivity Tables Updated Parameterization Error Analysis Objective: update to “latest” H 2 O Continuum
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Cooling with Old/New H 2 O Continua Calculations: David Kratz
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Sensitivity to H 2 O Continua Calculations: David Kratz
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Cooling with Old/New H 2 O Line Data Calculations: David Kratz
Joint AMWG/CVWG Workshop March 6-7, 2003 Sensitivity to H 2 O Line Data Calculations: David Kratz