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The importance of clouds
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http://www.dkrz.de/dkrz/broschuere-eng/research/climatesystem.html
The Global Climate System
http://www.lwr.kth.se/Grundutbildning/1B1292/Compendium_online/ch05s01s02.html
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Radiation in the climate system
Kiehl and Trenberth, BAMS, 1997
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Net cloud radiative effect from ERBE
‐90 ‐70 ‐50 ‐40 ‐30 ‐20 ‐10 0 10 20 30 40
Hartmann et al. (1992)
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Combined satellite rainfall measurements
Reflects locations of major precipitating cloud systemsspatiotemporal variability
Latent Heating
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http://www.dkrz.de/dkrz/broschuere-eng/research/water.html
The Global Hydrological Cycle
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From global to local – range of scales1000 km 100 km
10 km
1 km
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Impact of cloud type upon radiation
Kubar et al. (2007)
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Impact of cloud type upon radiation
Kubar et al. (2007)
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Impact of cloud type upon radiation
Kubar et al. (2007)
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Distribution of cloud types
Tropical East
Pacific
Anvils
Mid-level
High
Low
Deepconvection
Stratocumulus
Kubar et al. (2007)
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Radiative effect of cloud types
Mid-level
High
Low
Kubar et al. (2007)
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Factors influencing cloud types
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ERBE net cloud
forcing
SST anomaly from zonal
mean
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ISCCP inferred St/Sc amount
Dennis Hartmann “egg” plot
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Tropical-subtropical
general circulation
from
Randall et al.,
J. Atmos. Sci.,
37, 125-130, 1980cold SSTwarm SST
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Seasonal cycle of precipitation
Jan 2004
Jul 2004
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Interannual variability of precipitation
Jan 1998
Jan 1999
El Niño
La Niña
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Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed from space
Christian et al., J. Geophys. Res., 2003.
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Tight couplings between SST,
winds, and clouds
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Clouds and precipitation associated with
midlatitude cyclones
warm conveyorField and Wood (2007)
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Orographic precipitation enhancement
Matt Garvert (PhD thesis, UW)
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Clouds and climate change
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Clouds in climate models
- change in low cloud amount
for 2CO2
from Stephens (2005)
GFDL
CCM
model number
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MODIS Visible Image, Bay of Biscay
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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers
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Pacific Northwest Projected River Flow
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Cloud effects on atmospheric chemistry
•Acidity of rain•Gas-particle conversion
• The aerosol “general circulation”
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Hobbs 2000
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Hobbs 2000
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Modeling clouds and precipitation
•Forecasting of precipitation• Climate impacts
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From the sublime….
10x10x5 m resolution
20x20x3 km domain
Stevens et al. (2002)
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….to the ridiculous, but necessary
3x3o resolutionglobal domain
climateprediction.net
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Hobbs 2000
O3 photolyzed OH
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IPCC, 2007