Clouds and Convective Self-Aggregation in a Multimodel Ensemble of Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Simulations - Sorbonne Université
Journal Articles Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Year : 2020

Clouds and Convective Self-Aggregation in a Multimodel Ensemble of Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Simulations

Allison A Wing
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Catherine L Stauffer
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Tobias Becker
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Kevin A Reed
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Min-Seop Ahn
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Nathan P Arnold
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Mark Branson
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George H Bryan
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Jean-Pierre Chaboureau
Stephan R de Roode
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Kulkarni Gayatri
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Cathy Hohenegger
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I-Kuan Hu
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Fredrik Jansson
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Todd R Jones
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Marat Khairoutdinov
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Daehyun Kim
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Zane K Martin
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Shuhei Matsugishi
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Brian Medeiros
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Hiroaki Miura
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Yumin Moon
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Sebastian K Müller
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Tomoki Ohno
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Max Popp
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Thara Prabhakaran
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David Randall
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Rosimar Rios-Berrios
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Nicolas Rochetin
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Romain Roehrig
David M Romps
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James H Ruppert
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Masaki 24
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Levi G Silvers
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Martin S Singh
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Bjorn Stevens
Lorenzo Tomassini
Chiel C van Heerwaarden
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Shuguang Wang
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Ming Zhao
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Abstract

The Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Model Intercomparison Project (RCEMIP) is an intercomparison of multiple types of numerical models configured in radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE). RCE is an idealization of the tropical atmosphere that has long been used to study basic questions in climate science. Here, we employ RCE to investigate the role that clouds and convective activity play in determining cloud feedbacks, climate sensitivity, the state of convective aggregation, and the equilibrium climate. RCEMIP is unique among intercomparisons in its inclusion of a wide range of model types, including atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs), single column models (SCMs), cloud-resolving models (CRMs), large eddy simulations (LES), and global cloud-resolving models (GCRMs). The first results are presented from the RCEMIP ensemble of more than 30 models. While there are large differences across the RCEMIP ensemble in the representation of mean profiles of temperature, humidity, and cloudiness, in a majority of models anvil clouds rise, warm, and decrease in area coverage in response to an increase in sea surface temperature (SST). Nearly all models exhibit self-aggregation in large domains and agree that self-aggregation acts to dry and warm the troposphere, reduce high cloudiness, and increase
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hal-03022582 , version 1 (24-11-2020)

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Allison A Wing, Catherine L Stauffer, Tobias Becker, Kevin A Reed, Min-Seop Ahn, et al.. Clouds and Convective Self-Aggregation in a Multimodel Ensemble of Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 2020, 12 (9), ⟨10.1029/2020MS002138⟩. ⟨hal-03022582⟩
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