838: High Definition Clouds and Precipitation for Climate Prediction - PDF cloud schemes

Principal investigator: Johannes Quaas

Universität Leipzig, Leipziger Institut für Meteorologie - LIM (Community project)

Project abstract

Report 1/2013 to 12/2013
Report 1/2015 to 12/2015
Report 1/2016 to 12/2016

Publications

• Heinze, R., A. Dipankar, C. Carbajal Henken, C. Moseley, O. Sourdeval, S. Trömel, X. Xie, P. Adamidis, F. Ament, H. Baars, C. Barthlott, A. Behrendt, U. Blahak, S. Bley, Slavko Brdar, M. Brueck, Susanne Crewell, H. Deneke, P. Di Girolamo, R. Evaristo, J. Fischer, C. Frank, P. Friederichs, T. Göcke, K. Gorges, L. Hande, M. Hanke, A. Hansen, H.-C. Hege, C. Hoose, T. Jahns, N. Kalthoff, D. Klocke, S. Kneifel, P. Knippertz, A. Kuhn, T. Laar, Andreas Macke, V. Maurer, B. Mayer, C. I. Meyer, S. K. Muppa, R. A. J. Neggers, E. Orlandi, F. Pantillon, B. Pospichal, N. Röber, L. Scheck, A. Seifert, P. Seifert, F. Senf, P. Siligam, C. Simmer, S. Steinke, B. Stevens, K. Wapler, M. Weniger, V. Wulfmeyer, G. Zängl, D. Zhang, and J. Quaas, Large-eddy simulations over Germany using ICON: A comprehensive evaluation, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., in press, 2016.
• Heyn, I., J. Mülmenstädt, M. Salzmann, and J. Quaas, Effects of diabatic and adiabatic processes on relative humidity in a GCM and implications for the usefulness of the mid-tropospheric vertical wind to classify cloud regimes, Tellus, in revision.
• Brueck, M., J. Quaas, J.-C. Golaz, and H. Guo, Importance of subgrid temperature variability in cloud parameterizations, Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted.
• Nam, C., J. Quaas, R. Neggers, C. Siegenthaler-Le Drian, and F. Isotta, Evaluation of boundary layer cloud parameterizations in the ECHAM5 general circulation model using CALIPSO and CloudSat satellite data, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, 300-314, doi:10.1002/2013MS000277, 2014.
• Nam, C., and J. Quaas, Geographical versus dynamically defined boundary layer cloud regimes and their use to evaluate general circulation model cloud parameterisations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 4951-4956, doi:10.1002/grl.50945, 2013.
• Rosch, J., T. Heus, H. M. Brueck, M. Salzmann, J. Mülmenstädt, L. Schlemmer, and J. Quaas, Analysis of diagnostic climate model cloud parameterisations using large-eddy simulations, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 2199-2205, doi:10.1002/qj.2515, 2015.