The simulated cloud cover from GOALS 2 model with diagnosed cloud scheme is generally less except equator areas, especially in the mid latitude areas, which causes the large bias of energy budget there. This suggests that the refinement of cloud parameterization is one of the most important tasks in the model's future development.
In this study, a statistical cloud scheme is first introduced and coupled with a 1st-order turbulence scheme with 2nd-order turbulence moments parameterized by the timescale of the turbulent dissipation and the vertical turbulent diffusion coefficient.
Then the ability of the scheme to simulate cloud fraction at different relative humidity, vertical temperature profile, and the timescale of the turbulent dissipation is examined by numerical simulation.
The development and implementation of three sets of explicit prognostic cloud schemes (two moment warm cloud, simple mixed phased cloud and two moment complicate mixed phased cloud schemes) with the dynamic framework of the limited area numerical weather prediction model HLAFS of the National Meteorological Center are conducted. Significant progress is made in improving the moist physical and simulation ability of cloud physical processes in HLAFS by including the explicit schemes.
Parameters associated with the diagnostic cloud scheme are modified for each resolution to provide similar global average cloud radiative forcing at each resolution.
In the prognostic stratiform cloud scheme used in the UK Meteorological Office Unified Model, mixed phase clouds are assumed to exist between 0 and -15 °C.
By employing T42L10 spectral model and utilizing the objective data on 31 August1992 from NMC,a 30-day long-range forecast is conducted.It is found that the influ-ence of different cloud models on the monthly numerical prediction is considerable.Theresults show that T42L10 model forecast including model diagnostic cloud (MDC) ismuch better than that including climatic cloud (CC).Accordingly,the model forecastsare superior to the persistence forecasts.The correlation coefficient of MDC between model forecast...
simplified explicit scheme of phase mixed cloud and precipitation for weather forecast model is described, in which two variables, cloud water content and precipitation content (rain in warm region and ice in cold region) are calculated, respectively, and 7 kinds of microphysical processes are considered. The detailed system of equations is given, which can be used as a subroutine for macro and mesoscale weather model. The case studies of the new explicit scheme are made for comparison with warm cloud s...
The energy budget of two versions of GOALS model (GOALS 1.1 and GOALS 2) is described, and compared to the observational estimates. The results illustrate that the simulated net surface shortwave radiation flux is underestimated in the high latitude regions while the net longwave radiation flux is substantially overestimated in that region, which results in the lower surface air temperature (SAT) in the polar region and the strongly negative sensible heat flux in the high latitudes. The overestimated se...