The behavior of high-CAPE (convective available potential energy) summer convection in large-domain large-eddy simulations with ICON

Rybka, Harald; Burkhardt, Ulrike; Köhler, Martin; Arka, Ioanna; Bugliaro, Luca; Görsdorf, Ulrich; Horváth, Ákos; Meyer, Catrin I.; Reichardt, Jens; Seifert, Axel; Strandgren, Johan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4285-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4285-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4285-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 6

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22 Mar 2021

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The behavior of high-CAPE (convective available potential energy) summer convection in large-domain large-eddy simulations with ICON

Harald Rybka, Ulrike Burkhardt, Martin Köhler, Ioanna Arka, Luca Bugliaro, Ulrich Görsdorf, Ákos Horváth, Catrin I. Meyer, Jens Reichardt, Axel Seifert, and Johan Strandgren

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RC1: 'review of acp-2020-635', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2020
AC1: 'Response to Reviewers' Comments'', Harald Rybka, 14 Dec 2020

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Short summary

Estimating the impact of convection on the upper-tropospheric water budget remains a problem for models employing resolutions of several kilometers or more. A sub-kilometer high-resolution model is used to study summertime convection. The results suggest mostly close agreement with ground- and satellite-based observational data while slightly overestimating total frozen water path and anvil lifetime. The simulations are well suited to supplying information for parameterization development.