DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000347
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85027920985
论文题名: A mixed-layer model study of the stratocumulus response to changes in large-scale conditions
作者: De Roode S ; R ; , Siebesma A ; P ; , Gesso S ; D ; , Jonker H ; J ; J ; , Schalkwijk J ; , Sival J
刊名: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
ISSN: 19422466
出版年: 2014
卷: 6, 期: 4 起始页码: 1256
结束页码: 1270
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Atmospheric temperature
; Budget control
; Climate models
; Clouds
; Evaporation
; Heat flux
; Humidity control
; Oceanography
; Submarine geophysics
; Surface properties
; Surface waters
; Turbulent flow
; Wind
; Controlling factors
; Convective transport
; Large scale conditions
; Liquid water paths
; Sea surface temperature (SST)
; Single-column model
; stratocumulus
; Surface evaporation
; Air entrainment
; entrainment
; numerical model
; sea surface temperature
; sensible heat flux
; stratocumulus
; temperature effect
; troposphere
; wind velocity
英文摘要: A mixed-layer model is used to study the response of stratocumulus equilibrium state solutions to perturbations of cloud controlling factors which include the sea surface temperature, the specific humidity and temperature in the free troposphere, as well as the large-scale divergence and horizontal wind speed. In the first set of experiments, we assess the effect of a change in a single forcing condition while keeping the entrainment rate fixed, while in the second set, the entrainment rate is allowed to respond. The role of the entrainment rate is exemplified from an experiment in which the sea surface temperature is increased. An analysis of the budget equation for heat and moisture demonstrates that for a fixed entrainment rate, the stratocumulus liquid water path (LWP) will increase since the moistening from the surface evaporation dominates the warming effect. By contrast, if the response of the entrainment rate to the change in the surface forcing is sufficiently strong, enhanced mixing of dry and warm inversion air will cause a thinning of the cloud layer. If the entrainment warming effect is sufficiently strong, the surface sensible heat flux will decrease, as opposed to an increase which will occur for a fixed entrainment rate. It is argued that the surface evaporation will always increase for an increase in the sea surface temperature, and this change will be enlarged if the entrainment rate increases. These experiments aid the interpretation of results of similar simulations with single-column model versions of climate models carried out in the framework of the CFMIP-GCSS Intercomparison of Large-Eddy and Single-Column Models (CGILS) project. Because in a large-scale models, the entrainment response to changes in the large-scale forcing conditions depends on the details of the parameterization of turbulent and convective transport, intermodel differences in the sign of the LWP response may be well attributable to differences in the entrainment response. © 2014. The Authors. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76075
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; KNMI, De Bilt, Netherlands
Recommended Citation:
De Roode S,R,, Siebesma A,et al. A mixed-layer model study of the stratocumulus response to changes in large-scale conditions[J]. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems,2014-01-01,6(4)