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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12431-2019
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Research article
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08 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 08 Oct 2019
| 08 Oct 2019
Microphysics of summer clouds in central West Antarctica simulated by the Polar Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)
Keith M. Hines
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
David H. Bromwich
Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Sheng-Hung Wang
Polar Meteorology Group, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Israel Silber
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Johannes Verlinde
Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Dan Lubin
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA 96802, USA
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We explore how well clouds are represented in numerical weather prediction over Antarctica, a very difficult environment for field programs where few studies have been conducted. Fortunately, a 2015–2017 field program for West Antarctica supplied observations. We achieve promising results with newer, more advanced cloud schemes. We need to understand the role of clouds and precipitation in the maintenance of the Antarctic ice mass to understand and predict sea level change over the 21st century.
We explore how well clouds are represented in numerical weather prediction over Antarctica, a...
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