局部狭窄的液滴大小分布在层积云中无处不在
Nithin Allwayin1, Michael L Larsen1,2, Susanne Glienke3
1Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA.
概括
海洋层积云, 地球的"全球反射器", 影响气候冷却. 新的研究揭示了更狭窄的局部滴滴大小分布,挑战了当前的气候模型,并提出了改进的微物理过程表示.
科学领域:
- 大气科学
- 云物理
- 气候模型
背景情况:
- 海洋层积云对地球的能量平衡至关重要,
- 全球反射器
- 并产生净冷却效应.
- 目前的全球气候模型 (GCM) 使用云微物理过程的平均表示,如滴滴大小分布,这引入了气候预测的不确定性.
- 在GCM中,滴滴到滴滴过渡的参数化通常假定滴滴大小的广,云平均的马分布.
研究的目的:
- 研究海洋层积云中的云滴大小分布的依赖性.
- 将液滴大小分布的现场测量与GCM中使用的广泛的平均分布进行比较.
- 在气候模拟中确定微物理过程建模的潜在改进.
主要方法:
- 使用数字全息测量来捕获离散海洋层积云的高分辨率数据.
- 在厘米尺度上分析云滴大小分布的形状和特征.
- 与云平均分布的局部滴滴大小分布数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 发现云点尺寸分布在厘米尺度上显著更窄.
- 观察到局部分布与GCM中使用的广义,云平均的马分布不相似.
- 确定了不同的云区,每个云区都有特有的稀释液滴大小分布形状.
结论:
- 在海洋层积云中滴滴大小分布的规模依赖性质挑战了当前的GCM参数化.
- 这些发现表明,GCM可能需要纳入更局部和细微的微物理过程表示.
- 观察到的局部分布为开发更准确的云行为和气候影响模型提供了基础.
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