Preliminary Evaluation of Cloud Fraction Simulations by GAMIL2 Using COSP

被引：5

作者：

Dong Li ^{[1
]}

Li Li-Juan ^{[1
]}

Huang Wen-Yu ^{[2
,3
]}

Wang Yong ^{[1
]}

Wang Bin ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, State Key Lab Numer Modeling Atmospher Sci & Geop, Beijing 100029, Peoples R China

[2] Tsinghua Univ, Key Lab Earth Syst Modeling, Minist Educ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

[3] Tsinghua Univ, Ctr Earth Syst Sci, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

来源：

ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC SCIENCE LETTERS | 2012年 / 5卷 / 03期

基金：

国家高技术研究发展计划(863计划); 中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

COSP; GAMIL; cloud fraction; satellite simulator;

D O I：

10.1080/16742834.2012.11447002

中图分类号：

P4 [大气科学（气象学）];

学科分类号：

0706 ; 070601 ;

摘要：

The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparisons Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package (COSP) is adopted in the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG (GAMIL2) during CFMIP at Phase II to evaluate the model cloud fractions in a consistent way with satellite observations. The cloud simulation results embedded in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) control experiment are presented using three satellite simulators: International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) lidar onboard the CloudAerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO). Overall, GAMIL2 can produce horizontal distributions of the low cloud fraction that are similar to the satellite observations, and its similarities to the observations on different levels are shown in Taylor diagrams. The discrepancies among satellite observations are also shown, which should be considered during evaluation.

引用

页码：258 / 263

页数：6

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