Improvement of the Cloud Physics Formulation in the U.S. Navy Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS)

Abstract

Accurately representing cloud processes over a mesoscale model grid volume is currently hindered by inadequate representation of aerosol-cloud microstructure interactions. To resolve these present model shortcomings, we are developing a comprehensive formulation of cloud-aerosol interactions which will include parameterizations of droplet nucleation processes and the effects of giant aerosols. We are expanding our efforts to investigate these aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions for cumuliform clouds and are developing methodologies for the verification of parameterizations against a variety of observational datasets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2006
Accession Number
ADA612020

Entities

People

  • David B. Mechem
  • Yefim L. Kogan

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cloud Physics
  • Clouds
  • Condensation
  • Condensation Nuclei
  • Data Sets
  • Doppler Radar
  • Heat Energy
  • Large Eddy Simulation
  • Latent Heat
  • Layers
  • Parallel Computing
  • Physics
  • Research Facilities
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Systems Analysis and Design