Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in a large-eddy simulation ensemble

Chen, Yao-Sheng; Zhang, Jianhao; Hoffmann, Fabian; Yamaguchi, Takanobu; Glassmeier, Franziska; Zhou, Xiaoli; Feingold, Graham

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12661-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12661-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12661-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 22

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14 Nov 2024

Research article |

| 14 Nov 2024

Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in a large-eddy simulation ensemble

Yao-Sheng Chen, Jianhao Zhang, Fabian Hoffmann, Takanobu Yamaguchi, Franziska Glassmeier, Xiaoli Zhou, and Graham Feingold

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-12661-2024-supplement

Data sets

Model outputs Y. Chen https://csl.noaa.gov/groups/csl9/datasets/data/2024-Chen-etal/

Complete ERA5 from 1940: Fifth generation of ECMWF atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.143582cf

Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDEWNPN), 2012-10-01 to 2013-10-03, ARM Mobile Facility (MAG) Los Angeles, CA to Honolulu, HI – container ship Horizon Spirit; AMF2 (M1) Evan Keeler et al. https://doi.org/10.5439/1595321

SAM source code M. Khairoutdinov http://rossby.msrc.sunysb.edu/SAM/

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Marine stratocumulus cloud is a type of shallow cloud that covers the vast areas of Earth's surface. It plays an important role in Earth's energy balance by reflecting solar radiation back to space. We used numerical models to simulate a large number of marine stratocumuli with different characteristics. We found that how the clouds develop throughout the day is affected by the level of humidity in the air above the clouds and how closely the clouds connect to the ocean surface.