Clouds are a dominant modulator of the energy budget.The cloud shortwave radiative effect at the surface(CRE)is closely related to the cloud macro-and micro-physical properties.Systematic observation of surface irradi...Clouds are a dominant modulator of the energy budget.The cloud shortwave radiative effect at the surface(CRE)is closely related to the cloud macro-and micro-physical properties.Systematic observation of surface irradiance and cloud properties are needed to narrow uncertainties in CRE.In this study,1-min irradiance and Total Sky Imager measurements from 2005 to 2009 at Xianghe in North China Plain are used to estimate cloud types,evaluate cloud fraction(CF),and quantify the sensitivities of surface irradiance with respect to changes in CF whether clouds obscure the sun or not.The annual mean CF is 0.50,further noting that CF exhibits a distinct seasonal variation,with a minimum in winter(0.37)and maximum in summer(0.68).Cumulus occurs more frequently in summer(32%),which is close to the sum of the occurrence of stratus and cirrus.The annual CRE is–54.4 W m^(–2),with seasonal values ranging from^(–2)9.5 W m^(–2)in winter and–78.2 W m^(–2)in summer.When clouds do not obscure the sun,CF is a dominant factor affecting diffuse irradiance,which in turn affects global irradiance.There is a positive linear relationship between CF and CRE under sun-unobscured conditions,the mean sensitivity of CRE for each CF 0.1 increase is about 1.2 W m^(–2)[79.5°<SZA(Solar Zenith Angle)<80.5°]to 7.0 W m^(–2)(29.5°<SZA<30.5°).When clouds obscure the sun,CF affects both direct and diffuse irradiance,resulting in a non-linear relationship between CF and CRE,and the slope decreases with increasing CF.It should be noted that,although only data at Xianghe is used in this study,our results are representative of neighboring areas,including most parts of the North China Plain.展开更多
Cloud effective radius(CER)is a fundamental microphysical property of clouds,critical for understanding cloud formation and radiative effects.Satellite spectral imagers,widely utilized in passive remote sensing,facili...Cloud effective radius(CER)is a fundamental microphysical property of clouds,critical for understanding cloud formation and radiative effects.Satellite spectral imagers,widely utilized in passive remote sensing,facilitate the monitoring of cloud characteristics,including CER,over extended time periods and spatial scales.Various observational methods have been employed to evaluate satellite cloud property products;however,in situ measurement evaluations of CER remain limited,particularly for products over China.This study utilized aircraft observations provided by the China Meteorological Administration Weather Modification Centre to evaluate the CER retrieved by Fengyun-4A Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager(AGRI)and Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager(AHI).Three flights were selected from the aircraft dataset for evaluation,involving flights through non-precipitating stratiform clouds with stable,high-quality measurements.Rigorous data selection and collocation procedures were employed to ensure a comprehensive comparison.Satellite retrievals from heterogeneous cloud fields were excluded,and representative in-cloud aircraft measurements were identified through multi-parameter filtering.The flight trajectory was adjusted to account for horizontal cloud movement corresponding to time differences between observations from different platforms.Additionally,in situ measurements from different vertical layers were adjusted to a comparable position near the cloud top.Results indicate that CER retrieved from satellites is generally overestimated compared to in situ measurements.For AGRI,the average difference(AD)is 2.90μm,with a root mean square difference(RMSD)of 3.53μm.For AHI,the AD is 2.92μm,and the RMSD is 3.59μm.To enhance future validation and evaluation of remote sensing results,factors such as instrument calibration,flight patterns,and cloud conditions will be carefully considered.Increasing the number of cases should further reduce errors associated with individual instances,enabling more precise assessments.展开更多
Climate change is significantly influenced by both clouds and Earth’s surface temperature(EST).While numerous studies have investigated clouds and EST separately,the extent of clouds’impact on EST remains unclear.Ba...Climate change is significantly influenced by both clouds and Earth’s surface temperature(EST).While numerous studies have investigated clouds and EST separately,the extent of clouds’impact on EST remains unclear.Based on the inspiration and limitation of cloud radiative effect(CRE),this study provides a pioneering attempt to propose a novel indicator,cloud radiative effect on surface temperature(CREST),aiming to quantify how clouds affect EST globally while also analyzing the physical mechanism.Using reanalysis and remotely sensed data,a phased machine learning scheme in combination of surface energy balance theory is proposed to estimate EST under all-sky and hypothetical clear-sky conditions in stages,thereby estimating the newly defined CREST by subtracting the hypothetical clear-sky EST from the all-sky EST.The inter-annual experiments reveal the significant spatial heterogeneity in CREST across land,ocean,and ice/snow regions.As a global offset of the heterogeneity,clouds exhibit a net warming effect on global surface temperature on an annual scale(e.g.,0.26 K in 1981),despite their ability to block sunlight.However,the net warming effect has gradually weakened to nearly zero over the past four decades(e.g.,only 0.06 K in 2021),and it’s even possible to transform into a cooling effect,which might be good news for mitigating the global warming.展开更多
In this paper we treat first some nonlinear beam dynamics problems in storage rings, such as beam dynamic apertures due to magnetic multipoles, wiggles, beam-beam effects, nonlinear space charge effect, and then nonli...In this paper we treat first some nonlinear beam dynamics problems in storage rings, such as beam dynamic apertures due to magnetic multipoles, wiggles, beam-beam effects, nonlinear space charge effect, and then nonlinear electron cloud effect combined with beam-beam and space charge effects, analytically. This analytical treatment is applied to BEPC II. The corresponding analytical expressions developed in this paper are useful both in understanding the physics behind these problems and also in making practical quick hand estimations.展开更多
This paper documents a study to examine the sensitivity to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path and the alleviation the energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere and at the surface in the latest ve...This paper documents a study to examine the sensitivity to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path and the alleviation the energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere and at the surface in the latest version of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of the State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics （LASG）, Institute of Atmospheric Physics （IAP） （GAMIL1.1.0）. Considerable negative biases in all flux components, and thus an energy imbalance, are found in GAMIL1.1.0. In order to alleviate the energy imbalance, two modifications, namely an increase in cloud droplet effective radius and a decrease in cloud liquid water path, have been made to the cloud properties used in GAMIL. With the increased cloud droplet effective radius, the single scattering albedo of clouds is reduced, and thus the reflection of solar radiation into space by clouds is reduced and the net solar radiation flux at the top of the atmosphere is increased. With the reduced cloud optical depth, the net surface shortwave radiation flux is increased, causing a net warming over the land surface. This results in an increase in both sensible and latent heat fluxes over the land regions, which is largely balanced by the increased terrestrial radiation fluxes. Consequently, the energy balance at the top of atmosphere and at the surface is achieved with energy flux components consistent with available satellite observations.展开更多
The impact of aerosols on clouds,which remains one of the largest aspects of uncertainty in current weather forecasting and climate change research,can be influenced by various factors,such as the underlying surface t...The impact of aerosols on clouds,which remains one of the largest aspects of uncertainty in current weather forecasting and climate change research,can be influenced by various factors,such as the underlying surface type,cloud type,cloud phase,and aerosol type.To explore the impact of different underlying surfaces on the effect of aerosols on cloud development,this study focused on the Yangtze River Delta(YRD)and its offshore regions(YRD sea)for a comparative analysis based on multi-source satellite data,while also considering the variations in cloud type and cloud phase.The results show lower cloud-top height and depth of single-layer clouds over the ocean than land,and higher liquid cloud in spring over the ocean.Aerosols are found to enhance the cumulus cloud depth through microphysical effects,which is particularly evident over the ocean.Aerosols are also found to decrease the cloud droplet effective radius in the ocean region and during the mature stage of cloud development in the land region,while opposite results are found during the early stage of cloud development in the land region.The quantitative results indicate that the indirect effect is positive(0.05)in the land region at relatively high cloud water path,which is smaller than that in the ocean region(0.11).The findings deepen our understanding of the influence aerosols on cloud development and the mechanisms involved,which could then be applied to improve the ability to simulate cloud-associated weather processes.展开更多
Cloud is one of the uncertainty factors influencing the performance of a general circulation model (GCM). Recently, the State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmosph...Cloud is one of the uncertainty factors influencing the performance of a general circulation model (GCM). Recently, the State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (LASG/IAP) has developed a new version of a GCM (R42L9). In this work, roles of cloud parameterization in the R42L9 are evaluated through a comparison between two 20-year simulations using different cloud schemes. One scheme is that the cloud in the model is diagnosed from relative humidity and vertical velocity, and the other one is that diagnostic cloud is replaced by retrieved cloud amount from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), combined with the amounts of high-, middle-, and low-cloud and heights of the cloud base and top from the NCEP. The boreal winter and summer seasonal means, as well as the annual mean, of the simulated top-of-atmosphere shortwave radiative flux, surface energy fluxes, and precipitation are analyzed in comparison with the observational estimates and NCEP reanalysis data. The results show that the scheme of diagnostic cloud parameterization greatly contributes to model biases of radiative budget and precipitation. When our derived cloud fractions are used to replace the diagnostic cloud amount, the top-of-atmosphere and surface radiation fields are better estimated as well as the spatial pattern of precipitation. The simulations of the regional precipitation, especially over the equatorial Indian Ocean in winter and the Asia-western Pacific region in summer, are obviously improved.展开更多
To analyze the effects of gas cannons on clouds and precipitation,multisource observational data,including those from National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP)reanalysis,Hangzhou and Huzhou new-generation we...To analyze the effects of gas cannons on clouds and precipitation,multisource observational data,including those from National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP)reanalysis,Hangzhou and Huzhou new-generation weather radars,laser disdrometer,ground-based automatic weather station,wind profiler radar,and Lin'an C-band dualpolarization radar,were adopted in this study.Based on the variational dual-Doppler wind retrieval method and the polarimetric variables obtained by the dual-polarization radar,we analyzed the microphysical processes and the variations in the macro-and microphysical quantities in clouds from the perspective of the synoptic background before precipitation enhancement,the polarization echo characteristics before,during and after enhancement,and the evolution of the fine three-dimensional kinematic structure and the microphysical structure.The results show that the precipitation enhancement operation promoted the development of radar echoes and prolonged their duration,and both the horizontal and vertical wind speeds increased.The dual-polarization radar echo showed that the diameter of the precipitation particles increased,and the concentration of raindrops increased after precipitation enhancement.The raindrops were lifted to a height corresponding to 0 to-20℃due to vertical updrafts.Based on the disdrometer data during precipitation enhancement,the concentration of small raindrops(lgN_(w))showed a significant increase,and the mass-weighted diameter D_(m)value decreased,indicating that the precipitation enhancement operation played a certain“lubricating”effect.After the precipitation enhancement,the concentration of raindrops did not change much compared with that during the enhancement process,while the Dm increased,corresponding to an increase in rain intensity.The results suggest the positive effect of gas cannons on precipitation enhancement.展开更多
Cloud radiative effects （CREs） at the top of the atmosphere （TOA） in three reanalysis datasets （the Eur- opean Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts In- terim Reanalysis （ERA-Interim）, the Japanese 55-yr Re...Cloud radiative effects （CREs） at the top of the atmosphere （TOA） in three reanalysis datasets （the Eur- opean Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts In- terim Reanalysis （ERA-Interim）, the Japanese 55-yr Re- analysis Project （JRA-55）, and the Modem-Era Retro- spective Analysis for Research and Applications （MERRA）） are evaluated using recent satellite-based observations. The reanalyses can basically capture the spatial pattern of the annual mean shortwave CRE, but the global mean longwave CRE in ERA-interim and JRA55 is weaker than observed, leading to overestimations of the net CRE. Moreover, distinct CRE biases of the reanalyses occur in the Intertropical Convergence Zone （ITCZ）, coastal Pa- cific and Atlantic regions, and East Asia. Quantitative examination further indicates that the spatial correlations of CREs and TOA upward radiation fluxes with corre- sponding observations in ERA-Interim are better than in the other two reanalyses. Although MERRA has certain abilities in producing the magnitudes of global mean CREs, its performance in terms of spatial correlations in winter and summer are worse than for the other two re- analyses. The ability of JRA55 in reflecting CREs lies between the other two datasets. Compared to the global mean results, the spatial correlations of shortwave CRE in East Asia decrease and the biases of regional mean CREs increase in the three reanalyses. This implies that, cur- rently, it is still difficult to reproduce East Asian CREs based on these reanalyses. Relatively, ERA-Interim de- scribes the seasonal variation of East Asian CREs well, albeit weaker than observed. The present study also sug- gests that in-depth exploration of the ability of reanalysis data to describe aspects relating to cloud properties and rad- iation is needed usin~ more comprehensive observations.展开更多
Under bilateral cooperation between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, a series of research cruises were conducted over the western Pacific Ocean. It was found that a) the non-sea-sal...Under bilateral cooperation between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, a series of research cruises were conducted over the western Pacific Ocean. It was found that a) the non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles are the major source of cloud condensation nuclei, b) the population of clouds and the total albedo are proportional to the concentration of condensation nuclei and consequently to the concentration of the non-sea-salt aerosol particles, and c) the amount of rainfall is inversely proportional to the concentration of non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles. It seems that anthropogenic sulfate aerosol particles affect the regional planetary albedo and climate and that the contribution from biogenically derived sulfate aerosol particles is of lesser importance.展开更多
The effects of sea surface temperature（SST）,cloud radiative and microphysical processes,and diurnal variations on rainfall statistics are documented with grid data from the two-dimensional equilibrium cloud-resolvin...The effects of sea surface temperature（SST）,cloud radiative and microphysical processes,and diurnal variations on rainfall statistics are documented with grid data from the two-dimensional equilibrium cloud-resolving model simulations.For a rain rate of higher than 3 mm.h 1,water vapor convergence prevails.The rainfall amount decreases with the decrease of SST from 29℃ to 27℃,the inclusion of diurnal variation of SST,or the exclusion of microphysical effects of ice clouds and radiative effects of water clouds,which are primarily associated with the decreases in water vapor convergence.However,the amount of rainfall increases with the increase of SST from 29℃ to 31℃,the exclusion of diurnal variation of solar zenith angle,and the exclusion of the radiative effects of ice clouds,which are primarily related to increases in water vapor convergence.For a rain rate of less than 3 mm.h 1,water vapor divergence prevails.Unlike rainfall statistics for rain rates of higher than 3 mm.h 1,the decrease of SST from 29℃ to 27℃ and the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds in the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds increase the rainfall amount,which corresponds to the suppression in water vapor divergence.The exclusion of microphysical effects of ice clouds decreases the amount of rainfall,which corresponds to the enhancement in water vapor divergence.The amount of rainfall is less sensitive to the increase of SST from 29℃ to 31℃ and to the radiative effects of water clouds in the absence of the radiative effects of ice clouds.展开更多
Cloud radiative and microphysical effects on the relation between spatial mean rain rate, rain intensity and fractional rainfall coverage are investigated in this study by conducting and analyzing a series of two-dime...Cloud radiative and microphysical effects on the relation between spatial mean rain rate, rain intensity and fractional rainfall coverage are investigated in this study by conducting and analyzing a series of two-dimensional cloud resolving model sensitivity experiments of pre-summer torrential rainfall in June 2008. The analysis of time-mean data shows that the exclusion of radiative effects of liquid clouds reduces domain mean rain rate by decreasing convective rain rate mainly through the reduced convective-rainfall area associated with the strengthened hydrometeor gain in the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds, whereas it increases domain mean rain rate by enhancing convective rain rate mainly via the intensified convective rain intensity associated with the enhanced net condensation in the absence of radiative effects of ice clouds. The removal of radiative effects of ice clouds decreases domain mean rain rate by reducing stratiform rain rate through the suppressed stratiform rain intensity related to the suppressed net condensation in the presence of radiative effects of liquid clouds, whereas it increases domain mean rain rate by strengthening convective rain rate mainly via the enhanced convective rain intensity in response to the enhanced net condensation in the absence of radiative effects of liquid clouds. The elimination of microphysical effects of ice clouds suppresses domain mean rain rate by reducing stratiform rain rate through the reduced stratiform-rainfall area associated with severely reduced hydrometeor loss.展开更多
The effects of water and ice clouds on the cloud microphysical budget associated with rainfall are investigated through the analysis of grid-scale data from a series of two-dimensional cloud-resolving model equilibriu...The effects of water and ice clouds on the cloud microphysical budget associated with rainfall are investigated through the analysis of grid-scale data from a series of two-dimensional cloud-resolving model equilibrium sensitivity simulations. The model is imposed without large-scale vertical velocity. In the control experiment, the contribution from rainfall （cM） associated with net evaporation and hydrometeor loss/convergence is about 29% of that from the rainfall （Cm） associated with net condensation and hydrometeor gain/divergence and about 39% of that from the rainfall （CM） associated with net condensation and hydrometeor loss/convergence. The exclusion of ice clouds enhances rainfall contribution of CM, whereas it reduces rainfall contributions of Cm and cM. The removal of radiative effects of water clouds increases rainfall contribution of CM, barely changes rainfall contribution of Cm and reduces the rainfall contribution of cM in the presence of the radiative effects of ice clouds. Elimination of the radiative effects of water clouds reduces the rainfall contributions of CM and Cm, whereas it increases the rainfall contribution of cM in the absence of the radiative effects of ice clouds.展开更多
Atmospheric aerosols （acting as cloud condensation nuclei） can enhance the cloud droplet number concentration and reduce the cloud droplet size, and in turn affect the cloud optical depth, as well as the cloud albed...Atmospheric aerosols （acting as cloud condensation nuclei） can enhance the cloud droplet number concentration and reduce the cloud droplet size, and in turn affect the cloud optical depth, as well as the cloud albedo, and thereby exert a radiative influence on climate （the first indirect aerosol effect）. In this paper, based on various relationships between cloud droplet spectral dispersion （c） and cloud droplet number concentration （Nc）, we analytically derive the corresponding expressions of the cloud radiative forcing induced by changes in the cloud droplet number concentration. Further quantitative evaluation indicates that the cloud radiative forcing induced by aerosols for the different ^-Nc relationships varies from -29.1% to 25.2%, compared to the case without considering spectral dispersion （e = 0）. Our results suggest that an accurate description of e - Nc relationships helps to reduce the uncertainty of the first indirect aerosol effect and advances our scientific understanding of aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions.展开更多
The radiative and microphysical effects of ice clouds on a torrential rainfall event over Hunan,China in June 2004 are investigated by analyzing the sensitivity of cloud-resolving model simulations.The model is initia...The radiative and microphysical effects of ice clouds on a torrential rainfall event over Hunan,China in June 2004 are investigated by analyzing the sensitivity of cloud-resolving model simulations.The model is initialized by zonally-uniform vertical velocity,zonal wind,horizontal temperature and vapor advection from National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP) /National Center for Atmospheric Research(NCAR) reanalysis data.The exclusion of radiative effects of ice clouds increases model domain mean surface rain rates through the increase in the mean net condensation associated with the increase in the mean radiative cooling during the onset phase and the increases in the mean net condensation and the mean hydrometeor loss during the mature phase.The decrease in the mean rain rate corresponds to the decreased mean net condensation and associated mean latent heat release as the enhanced mean radiative cooling by the removal of radiative effects of ice clouds cools the mean local atmosphere during the decay phase.The removal of microphysical effects of ice clouds decreases the mean rain rates through the decrease in the mean net condensation during the onset phase,while the evolution of mean net condensation and the mean hydrometeor changes from decrease to increase during the mature phase.The reduction in the mean rain rate is primarily associated with the mean hydrometeor change in the absence of microphysical effects of ice clouds during the decay phase.展开更多
Three types of rainfall （storm, moderate and slight rainfall） in the Beijing area were simulated by the Weather Research and Fore- cast （WRF3.2） model coupled with Milbrandt-two-moment cloud microphysics scheme, t...Three types of rainfall （storm, moderate and slight rainfall） in the Beijing area were simulated by the Weather Research and Fore- cast （WRF3.2） model coupled with Milbrandt-two-moment cloud microphysics scheme, to explore the effect of aerosols on clouds and precipitation under continental and maritime aerosol scenarios. Results indicate that an increase of aerosols has various effects on clouds and precipitation. （1） The amount of surface precipitation is obviously affected. With an increase of aerosol con- centration, the 48-hr total precipitation of storm and moderate rainfall decreased by 23% and 16.6%, respectively, and the 24-hr total precipitation of slight rainfall decreased by 14.0%. （2） The distribution of surface precipitation is also clearly affected. The average precipitation for a rain storm increases in most parts of western Beijing and decreases by more than 20 mm in most parts of eastern Beijing with increasing aerosol concentration. The average precipitation of moderate rainfall decreases by 0.1-5 mm in most parts of the Beijing area. The effect of increased aerosol concentration is weak for slight rainfall distribution in the study area. （3） With an increase of aerosol concentration, a narrower width and lower precipitation peak value are found in the storm rainfall, and its duration is prolonged for the high aerosol concentration. An earlier precipitation termination of moderate rainfall is found with increasing aerosol concentration. （4） The upper-air hydrometeors vary with aerosol concentration, For storm and moderate rainfall, significantly higher cloud water concentration and lower rain water were found under the continental aerosol scenario.展开更多
Cloud diurnal variation is crucial for regulating cloud radiative effects and atmospheric dynamics.However,it is often overlooked in the evaluation and development of climate models.Thus,this study aims to investigate...Cloud diurnal variation is crucial for regulating cloud radiative effects and atmospheric dynamics.However,it is often overlooked in the evaluation and development of climate models.Thus,this study aims to investigate the daily mean(CFR)and diurnal variation(CDV)of cloud fraction across high-,middle-,low-level,and total clouds in the FGOALS-f3-L general circulation model.The bias of total CDV is decomposed into the model biases in CFRs and CDVs of clouds at all three levels.Results indicate that the model generally underestimates low-level cloud fraction during the daytime and high-/middle-level cloud fraction at nighttime.The simulation biases of low clouds,especially their CDV biases,dominate the bias of total CDV.Compensation effects exist among the bias decompositions,where the negative contributions of underestimated daytime low-level cloud fraction are partially offset by the opposing contributions from biases in high-/middle-level clouds.Meanwhile,the bias contributions have notable land–ocean differences and region-dependent characteristics,consistent with the model biases in these variables.Additionally,the study estimates the influences of CFR and CDV biases on the bias of shortwave cloud radiative effects.It reveals that the impacts of CDV biases can reach half of those from CFR biases,highlighting the importance of accurate CDV representation in climate models.展开更多
Pronounced climatic differences occur over subtropical South China(SC)and tropical South China Sea(SCS)and understanding the key cloud-radiation characteristics is essential to simulating East Asian climate.This study...Pronounced climatic differences occur over subtropical South China(SC)and tropical South China Sea(SCS)and understanding the key cloud-radiation characteristics is essential to simulating East Asian climate.This study investigated cloud fractions and cloud radiative effects(CREs)over SC and SCS simulated by CMIP6 atmospheric models.Remarkable differences in cloud-radiation characteristics appeared over these two regions.In observations,considerable amounts of low-middle level clouds and cloud radiative cooling effect appeared over SC.In contrast,high clouds prevailed over SCS,where longwave and shortwave CREs offset each other,resulting in a weaker net cloud radiative effect(NCRE).The models underestimated NCRE over SC mainly due to weaker shortwave CRE and less cloud fractions.Conversely,most models overestimated NCRE over SCS because of stronger shortwave CRE and weaker longwave CRE.Regional CREs were closely linked to their dominant cloud fractions.Both observations and simulations showed a negative spatial correlation between total(low)cloud fraction and shortwave CRE over SC,especially in winter,and exhibited a positive correlation between high cloud fraction and longwave CRE over these two regions.Compared with SCS,most models overestimated the spatial correlation between low(high)cloud fraction and SWCRE(LWCRE)over SC,with larger bias ranges among models,indicating the exaggerated cloud radiative cooling(warming)effect caused by low(high)clouds.Moreover,most models struggled to describe regional ascent and its connection with CREs over SC while they can better reproduce these connections over SCS.This study further suggests that reasonable circulation conditions are crucial to simulating well cloud-radiation characteristics over the East Asian regions.展开更多
本文利用2007～2010年整四年最新可利用的CloudSat卫星资料,对东亚地区（15°～60°N,70°～150°E）云的微物理量包括冰/液态水含量、冰/液态水路径、云滴数浓度和有效半径等的分布特征和季节变化进行了分析.本文将整...本文利用2007～2010年整四年最新可利用的CloudSat卫星资料,对东亚地区（15°～60°N,70°～150°E）云的微物理量包括冰/液态水含量、冰/液态水路径、云滴数浓度和有效半径等的分布特征和季节变化进行了分析.本文将整个东亚地区划分为北方、南方、西北、青藏高原地区和东部海域五个子区域进行研究,结果显示：东亚地区冰水路径值的范围基本在700 g m-2以下,高值区分布在北纬40度以南区域,在南方地区夏季的平均值最大,为394.3 g m-2,而在西北地区冬季的平均值最小,为78.5 g m-2;而液态水路径的范围基本在600 g m-2以下,冬季在东部海域的值最大,达到300.8 g m-2,夏季最大值为281.5 g m-2,分布在南方地区上空.冰水含量的最高值为170 mg m-3,发生在8km附近,南方地区夏季的值达到最大,青藏高原地区的季节差异最大;而液态水含量在东亚地区的范围小于360 mg m-3,垂直廓线从10km向下基本呈现逐渐增大的趋势,峰值位于1～2 km高度上.冰云云滴数浓度在东亚地区的范围在150 L-1以下,水云云滴数浓度的值小于80 cm-3,垂直廓线的峰值均在夏季最大.冰云有效半径在东亚地区的最大值为90 μm,发生在5km左右;水云有效半径在东亚地区的值分布在10km以下,最大值为10～12 μm,基本位于1～2 km高度上.从概率分布函数来看,东亚地区冰/水云云滴数浓度的分布呈现明显的双峰型,其他量基本为单峰型.本文的结果可以为全球和区域气候模式在东亚地区对以上云微物理量的模拟提供一定的观测参考依据.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41875183,41805021)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0603504).
文摘Clouds are a dominant modulator of the energy budget.The cloud shortwave radiative effect at the surface(CRE)is closely related to the cloud macro-and micro-physical properties.Systematic observation of surface irradiance and cloud properties are needed to narrow uncertainties in CRE.In this study,1-min irradiance and Total Sky Imager measurements from 2005 to 2009 at Xianghe in North China Plain are used to estimate cloud types,evaluate cloud fraction(CF),and quantify the sensitivities of surface irradiance with respect to changes in CF whether clouds obscure the sun or not.The annual mean CF is 0.50,further noting that CF exhibits a distinct seasonal variation,with a minimum in winter(0.37)and maximum in summer(0.68).Cumulus occurs more frequently in summer(32%),which is close to the sum of the occurrence of stratus and cirrus.The annual CRE is–54.4 W m^(–2),with seasonal values ranging from^(–2)9.5 W m^(–2)in winter and–78.2 W m^(–2)in summer.When clouds do not obscure the sun,CF is a dominant factor affecting diffuse irradiance,which in turn affects global irradiance.There is a positive linear relationship between CF and CRE under sun-unobscured conditions,the mean sensitivity of CRE for each CF 0.1 increase is about 1.2 W m^(–2)[79.5°<SZA(Solar Zenith Angle)<80.5°]to 7.0 W m^(–2)(29.5°<SZA<30.5°).When clouds obscure the sun,CF affects both direct and diffuse irradiance,resulting in a non-linear relationship between CF and CRE,and the slope decreases with increasing CF.It should be noted that,although only data at Xianghe is used in this study,our results are representative of neighboring areas,including most parts of the North China Plain.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42122038 and 42230604)。
文摘Cloud effective radius(CER)is a fundamental microphysical property of clouds,critical for understanding cloud formation and radiative effects.Satellite spectral imagers,widely utilized in passive remote sensing,facilitate the monitoring of cloud characteristics,including CER,over extended time periods and spatial scales.Various observational methods have been employed to evaluate satellite cloud property products;however,in situ measurement evaluations of CER remain limited,particularly for products over China.This study utilized aircraft observations provided by the China Meteorological Administration Weather Modification Centre to evaluate the CER retrieved by Fengyun-4A Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager(AGRI)and Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager(AHI).Three flights were selected from the aircraft dataset for evaluation,involving flights through non-precipitating stratiform clouds with stable,high-quality measurements.Rigorous data selection and collocation procedures were employed to ensure a comprehensive comparison.Satellite retrievals from heterogeneous cloud fields were excluded,and representative in-cloud aircraft measurements were identified through multi-parameter filtering.The flight trajectory was adjusted to account for horizontal cloud movement corresponding to time differences between observations from different platforms.Additionally,in situ measurements from different vertical layers were adjusted to a comparable position near the cloud top.Results indicate that CER retrieved from satellites is generally overestimated compared to in situ measurements.For AGRI,the average difference(AD)is 2.90μm,with a root mean square difference(RMSD)of 3.53μm.For AHI,the AD is 2.92μm,and the RMSD is 3.59μm.To enhance future validation and evaluation of remote sensing results,factors such as instrument calibration,flight patterns,and cloud conditions will be carefully considered.Increasing the number of cases should further reduce errors associated with individual instances,enabling more precise assessments.
基金carried out under the co-funding of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)project(Grant No.42022008)Zhuhai basic and applied research project(Grant No.ZH22017003200009PWC)the Innovation Group Project of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai)(Grant No.311022003).
文摘Climate change is significantly influenced by both clouds and Earth’s surface temperature(EST).While numerous studies have investigated clouds and EST separately,the extent of clouds’impact on EST remains unclear.Based on the inspiration and limitation of cloud radiative effect(CRE),this study provides a pioneering attempt to propose a novel indicator,cloud radiative effect on surface temperature(CREST),aiming to quantify how clouds affect EST globally while also analyzing the physical mechanism.Using reanalysis and remotely sensed data,a phased machine learning scheme in combination of surface energy balance theory is proposed to estimate EST under all-sky and hypothetical clear-sky conditions in stages,thereby estimating the newly defined CREST by subtracting the hypothetical clear-sky EST from the all-sky EST.The inter-annual experiments reveal the significant spatial heterogeneity in CREST across land,ocean,and ice/snow regions.As a global offset of the heterogeneity,clouds exhibit a net warming effect on global surface temperature on an annual scale(e.g.,0.26 K in 1981),despite their ability to block sunlight.However,the net warming effect has gradually weakened to nearly zero over the past four decades(e.g.,only 0.06 K in 2021),and it’s even possible to transform into a cooling effect,which might be good news for mitigating the global warming.
文摘In this paper we treat first some nonlinear beam dynamics problems in storage rings, such as beam dynamic apertures due to magnetic multipoles, wiggles, beam-beam effects, nonlinear space charge effect, and then nonlinear electron cloud effect combined with beam-beam and space charge effects, analytically. This analytical treatment is applied to BEPC II. The corresponding analytical expressions developed in this paper are useful both in understanding the physics behind these problems and also in making practical quick hand estimations.
基金This work was jointly supported by the 973 Project(Grant No.2005CB321703)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40221503)the Chinese Academy of Sciences International Partnership Creative Group entitled"The Climate System Model Development and Application Studies".
文摘This paper documents a study to examine the sensitivity to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path and the alleviation the energy imbalance at the top of the atmosphere and at the surface in the latest version of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of the State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics （LASG）, Institute of Atmospheric Physics （IAP） （GAMIL1.1.0）. Considerable negative biases in all flux components, and thus an energy imbalance, are found in GAMIL1.1.0. In order to alleviate the energy imbalance, two modifications, namely an increase in cloud droplet effective radius and a decrease in cloud liquid water path, have been made to the cloud properties used in GAMIL. With the increased cloud droplet effective radius, the single scattering albedo of clouds is reduced, and thus the reflection of solar radiation into space by clouds is reduced and the net solar radiation flux at the top of the atmosphere is increased. With the reduced cloud optical depth, the net surface shortwave radiation flux is increased, causing a net warming over the land surface. This results in an increase in both sensible and latent heat fluxes over the land regions, which is largely balanced by the increased terrestrial radiation fluxes. Consequently, the energy balance at the top of atmosphere and at the surface is achieved with energy flux components consistent with available satellite observations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42230601).
文摘The impact of aerosols on clouds,which remains one of the largest aspects of uncertainty in current weather forecasting and climate change research,can be influenced by various factors,such as the underlying surface type,cloud type,cloud phase,and aerosol type.To explore the impact of different underlying surfaces on the effect of aerosols on cloud development,this study focused on the Yangtze River Delta(YRD)and its offshore regions(YRD sea)for a comparative analysis based on multi-source satellite data,while also considering the variations in cloud type and cloud phase.The results show lower cloud-top height and depth of single-layer clouds over the ocean than land,and higher liquid cloud in spring over the ocean.Aerosols are found to enhance the cumulus cloud depth through microphysical effects,which is particularly evident over the ocean.Aerosols are also found to decrease the cloud droplet effective radius in the ocean region and during the mature stage of cloud development in the land region,while opposite results are found during the early stage of cloud development in the land region.The quantitative results indicate that the indirect effect is positive(0.05)in the land region at relatively high cloud water path,which is smaller than that in the ocean region(0.11).The findings deepen our understanding of the influence aerosols on cloud development and the mechanisms involved,which could then be applied to improve the ability to simulate cloud-associated weather processes.
文摘Cloud is one of the uncertainty factors influencing the performance of a general circulation model (GCM). Recently, the State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (LASG/IAP) has developed a new version of a GCM (R42L9). In this work, roles of cloud parameterization in the R42L9 are evaluated through a comparison between two 20-year simulations using different cloud schemes. One scheme is that the cloud in the model is diagnosed from relative humidity and vertical velocity, and the other one is that diagnostic cloud is replaced by retrieved cloud amount from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), combined with the amounts of high-, middle-, and low-cloud and heights of the cloud base and top from the NCEP. The boreal winter and summer seasonal means, as well as the annual mean, of the simulated top-of-atmosphere shortwave radiative flux, surface energy fluxes, and precipitation are analyzed in comparison with the observational estimates and NCEP reanalysis data. The results show that the scheme of diagnostic cloud parameterization greatly contributes to model biases of radiative budget and precipitation. When our derived cloud fractions are used to replace the diagnostic cloud amount, the top-of-atmosphere and surface radiation fields are better estimated as well as the spatial pattern of precipitation. The simulations of the regional precipitation, especially over the equatorial Indian Ocean in winter and the Asia-western Pacific region in summer, are obviously improved.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(41675029)Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(KYCX18_0998)+1 种基金Science and Technology Program of Huzhou(2021GZ14,2020GZ31)Science and Technology(Key)Program of Zhejiang Meteorological Service(2021ZD27)。
文摘To analyze the effects of gas cannons on clouds and precipitation,multisource observational data,including those from National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP)reanalysis,Hangzhou and Huzhou new-generation weather radars,laser disdrometer,ground-based automatic weather station,wind profiler radar,and Lin'an C-band dualpolarization radar,were adopted in this study.Based on the variational dual-Doppler wind retrieval method and the polarimetric variables obtained by the dual-polarization radar,we analyzed the microphysical processes and the variations in the macro-and microphysical quantities in clouds from the perspective of the synoptic background before precipitation enhancement,the polarization echo characteristics before,during and after enhancement,and the evolution of the fine three-dimensional kinematic structure and the microphysical structure.The results show that the precipitation enhancement operation promoted the development of radar echoes and prolonged their duration,and both the horizontal and vertical wind speeds increased.The dual-polarization radar echo showed that the diameter of the precipitation particles increased,and the concentration of raindrops increased after precipitation enhancement.The raindrops were lifted to a height corresponding to 0 to-20℃due to vertical updrafts.Based on the disdrometer data during precipitation enhancement,the concentration of small raindrops(lgN_(w))showed a significant increase,and the mass-weighted diameter D_(m)value decreased,indicating that the precipitation enhancement operation played a certain“lubricating”effect.After the precipitation enhancement,the concentration of raindrops did not change much compared with that during the enhancement process,while the Dm increased,corresponding to an increase in rain intensity.The results suggest the positive effect of gas cannons on precipitation enhancement.
基金supported jointly by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant Nos.2012CB955303 and 2013CB955803)the Chinese Academy of Sciences Ocean Project(Grant No.XDA11010402)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41175059 and 41375087)the Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education(Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology)(Grant No.KLME1409)
文摘Cloud radiative effects （CREs） at the top of the atmosphere （TOA） in three reanalysis datasets （the Eur- opean Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts In- terim Reanalysis （ERA-Interim）, the Japanese 55-yr Re- analysis Project （JRA-55）, and the Modem-Era Retro- spective Analysis for Research and Applications （MERRA）） are evaluated using recent satellite-based observations. The reanalyses can basically capture the spatial pattern of the annual mean shortwave CRE, but the global mean longwave CRE in ERA-interim and JRA55 is weaker than observed, leading to overestimations of the net CRE. Moreover, distinct CRE biases of the reanalyses occur in the Intertropical Convergence Zone （ITCZ）, coastal Pa- cific and Atlantic regions, and East Asia. Quantitative examination further indicates that the spatial correlations of CREs and TOA upward radiation fluxes with corre- sponding observations in ERA-Interim are better than in the other two reanalyses. Although MERRA has certain abilities in producing the magnitudes of global mean CREs, its performance in terms of spatial correlations in winter and summer are worse than for the other two re- analyses. The ability of JRA55 in reflecting CREs lies between the other two datasets. Compared to the global mean results, the spatial correlations of shortwave CRE in East Asia decrease and the biases of regional mean CREs increase in the three reanalyses. This implies that, cur- rently, it is still difficult to reproduce East Asian CREs based on these reanalyses. Relatively, ERA-Interim de- scribes the seasonal variation of East Asian CREs well, albeit weaker than observed. The present study also sug- gests that in-depth exploration of the ability of reanalysis data to describe aspects relating to cloud properties and rad- iation is needed usin~ more comprehensive observations.
文摘Under bilateral cooperation between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, a series of research cruises were conducted over the western Pacific Ocean. It was found that a) the non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles are the major source of cloud condensation nuclei, b) the population of clouds and the total albedo are proportional to the concentration of condensation nuclei and consequently to the concentration of the non-sea-salt aerosol particles, and c) the amount of rainfall is inversely proportional to the concentration of non-sea-salt sulfate aerosol particles. It seems that anthropogenic sulfate aerosol particles affect the regional planetary albedo and climate and that the contribution from biogenically derived sulfate aerosol particles is of lesser importance.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB417201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41075034,40930950,40975034,and 41075044)
文摘The effects of sea surface temperature（SST）,cloud radiative and microphysical processes,and diurnal variations on rainfall statistics are documented with grid data from the two-dimensional equilibrium cloud-resolving model simulations.For a rain rate of higher than 3 mm.h 1,water vapor convergence prevails.The rainfall amount decreases with the decrease of SST from 29℃ to 27℃,the inclusion of diurnal variation of SST,or the exclusion of microphysical effects of ice clouds and radiative effects of water clouds,which are primarily associated with the decreases in water vapor convergence.However,the amount of rainfall increases with the increase of SST from 29℃ to 31℃,the exclusion of diurnal variation of solar zenith angle,and the exclusion of the radiative effects of ice clouds,which are primarily related to increases in water vapor convergence.For a rain rate of less than 3 mm.h 1,water vapor divergence prevails.Unlike rainfall statistics for rain rates of higher than 3 mm.h 1,the decrease of SST from 29℃ to 27℃ and the exclusion of radiative effects of water clouds in the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds increase the rainfall amount,which corresponds to the suppression in water vapor divergence.The exclusion of microphysical effects of ice clouds decreases the amount of rainfall,which corresponds to the enhancement in water vapor divergence.The amount of rainfall is less sensitive to the increase of SST from 29℃ to 31℃ and to the radiative effects of water clouds in the absence of the radiative effects of ice clouds.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(41475039,41775040)National Key Basic Research and Development Project of China(2015CB953601)
文摘Cloud radiative and microphysical effects on the relation between spatial mean rain rate, rain intensity and fractional rainfall coverage are investigated in this study by conducting and analyzing a series of two-dimensional cloud resolving model sensitivity experiments of pre-summer torrential rainfall in June 2008. The analysis of time-mean data shows that the exclusion of radiative effects of liquid clouds reduces domain mean rain rate by decreasing convective rain rate mainly through the reduced convective-rainfall area associated with the strengthened hydrometeor gain in the presence of radiative effects of ice clouds, whereas it increases domain mean rain rate by enhancing convective rain rate mainly via the intensified convective rain intensity associated with the enhanced net condensation in the absence of radiative effects of ice clouds. The removal of radiative effects of ice clouds decreases domain mean rain rate by reducing stratiform rain rate through the suppressed stratiform rain intensity related to the suppressed net condensation in the presence of radiative effects of liquid clouds, whereas it increases domain mean rain rate by strengthening convective rain rate mainly via the enhanced convective rain intensity in response to the enhanced net condensation in the absence of radiative effects of liquid clouds. The elimination of microphysical effects of ice clouds suppresses domain mean rain rate by reducing stratiform rain rate through the reduced stratiform-rainfall area associated with severely reduced hydrometeor loss.
基金Project supported by the National Key Basic Research and Development Project of China (Grant No.2012CB417201)the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (Grant Nos.40930950 41075043,41275065,and 41075044)the 985 Program of Zhejiang University (Grant No.188020+193432602/215)
文摘The effects of water and ice clouds on the cloud microphysical budget associated with rainfall are investigated through the analysis of grid-scale data from a series of two-dimensional cloud-resolving model equilibrium sensitivity simulations. The model is imposed without large-scale vertical velocity. In the control experiment, the contribution from rainfall （cM） associated with net evaporation and hydrometeor loss/convergence is about 29% of that from the rainfall （Cm） associated with net condensation and hydrometeor gain/divergence and about 39% of that from the rainfall （CM） associated with net condensation and hydrometeor loss/convergence. The exclusion of ice clouds enhances rainfall contribution of CM, whereas it reduces rainfall contributions of Cm and cM. The removal of radiative effects of water clouds increases rainfall contribution of CM, barely changes rainfall contribution of Cm and reduces the rainfall contribution of cM in the presence of the radiative effects of ice clouds. Elimination of the radiative effects of water clouds reduces the rainfall contributions of CM and Cm, whereas it increases the rainfall contribution of cM in the absence of the radiative effects of ice clouds.
基金jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41105071)the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program (Grant No. XDA05110101)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB403406)
文摘Atmospheric aerosols （acting as cloud condensation nuclei） can enhance the cloud droplet number concentration and reduce the cloud droplet size, and in turn affect the cloud optical depth, as well as the cloud albedo, and thereby exert a radiative influence on climate （the first indirect aerosol effect）. In this paper, based on various relationships between cloud droplet spectral dispersion （c） and cloud droplet number concentration （Nc）, we analytically derive the corresponding expressions of the cloud radiative forcing induced by changes in the cloud droplet number concentration. Further quantitative evaluation indicates that the cloud radiative forcing induced by aerosols for the different ^-Nc relationships varies from -29.1% to 25.2%, compared to the case without considering spectral dispersion （e = 0）. Our results suggest that an accurate description of e - Nc relationships helps to reduce the uncertainty of the first indirect aerosol effect and advances our scientific understanding of aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (405750294077503640921160379)
文摘The radiative and microphysical effects of ice clouds on a torrential rainfall event over Hunan,China in June 2004 are investigated by analyzing the sensitivity of cloud-resolving model simulations.The model is initialized by zonally-uniform vertical velocity,zonal wind,horizontal temperature and vapor advection from National Centers for Environmental Prediction(NCEP) /National Center for Atmospheric Research(NCAR) reanalysis data.The exclusion of radiative effects of ice clouds increases model domain mean surface rain rates through the increase in the mean net condensation associated with the increase in the mean radiative cooling during the onset phase and the increases in the mean net condensation and the mean hydrometeor loss during the mature phase.The decrease in the mean rain rate corresponds to the decreased mean net condensation and associated mean latent heat release as the enhanced mean radiative cooling by the removal of radiative effects of ice clouds cools the mean local atmosphere during the decay phase.The removal of microphysical effects of ice clouds decreases the mean rain rates through the decrease in the mean net condensation during the onset phase,while the evolution of mean net condensation and the mean hydrometeor changes from decrease to increase during the mature phase.The reduction in the mean rain rate is primarily associated with the mean hydrometeor change in the absence of microphysical effects of ice clouds during the decay phase.
基金supported by the CAS Strategic Priority Research Program (XDA05110101)Basic Research Development Program of China (2011CB403406)+1 种基金National Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry (Meteorology) (GYHY200706036)Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (No. 2010JM5002)
文摘Three types of rainfall （storm, moderate and slight rainfall） in the Beijing area were simulated by the Weather Research and Fore- cast （WRF3.2） model coupled with Milbrandt-two-moment cloud microphysics scheme, to explore the effect of aerosols on clouds and precipitation under continental and maritime aerosol scenarios. Results indicate that an increase of aerosols has various effects on clouds and precipitation. （1） The amount of surface precipitation is obviously affected. With an increase of aerosol con- centration, the 48-hr total precipitation of storm and moderate rainfall decreased by 23% and 16.6%, respectively, and the 24-hr total precipitation of slight rainfall decreased by 14.0%. （2） The distribution of surface precipitation is also clearly affected. The average precipitation for a rain storm increases in most parts of western Beijing and decreases by more than 20 mm in most parts of eastern Beijing with increasing aerosol concentration. The average precipitation of moderate rainfall decreases by 0.1-5 mm in most parts of the Beijing area. The effect of increased aerosol concentration is weak for slight rainfall distribution in the study area. （3） With an increase of aerosol concentration, a narrower width and lower precipitation peak value are found in the storm rainfall, and its duration is prolonged for the high aerosol concentration. An earlier precipitation termination of moderate rainfall is found with increasing aerosol concentration. （4） The upper-air hydrometeors vary with aerosol concentration, For storm and moderate rainfall, significantly higher cloud water concentration and lower rain water were found under the continental aerosol scenario.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 42275074].
文摘Cloud diurnal variation is crucial for regulating cloud radiative effects and atmospheric dynamics.However,it is often overlooked in the evaluation and development of climate models.Thus,this study aims to investigate the daily mean(CFR)and diurnal variation(CDV)of cloud fraction across high-,middle-,low-level,and total clouds in the FGOALS-f3-L general circulation model.The bias of total CDV is decomposed into the model biases in CFRs and CDVs of clouds at all three levels.Results indicate that the model generally underestimates low-level cloud fraction during the daytime and high-/middle-level cloud fraction at nighttime.The simulation biases of low clouds,especially their CDV biases,dominate the bias of total CDV.Compensation effects exist among the bias decompositions,where the negative contributions of underestimated daytime low-level cloud fraction are partially offset by the opposing contributions from biases in high-/middle-level clouds.Meanwhile,the bias contributions have notable land–ocean differences and region-dependent characteristics,consistent with the model biases in these variables.Additionally,the study estimates the influences of CFR and CDV biases on the bias of shortwave cloud radiative effects.It reveals that the impacts of CDV biases can reach half of those from CFR biases,highlighting the importance of accurate CDV representation in climate models.
基金Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(2020B0301030004)National Natural Science Foundation of China(72293604,42275026)Open Grants of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather(2023LASW-B09)。
文摘Pronounced climatic differences occur over subtropical South China(SC)and tropical South China Sea(SCS)and understanding the key cloud-radiation characteristics is essential to simulating East Asian climate.This study investigated cloud fractions and cloud radiative effects(CREs)over SC and SCS simulated by CMIP6 atmospheric models.Remarkable differences in cloud-radiation characteristics appeared over these two regions.In observations,considerable amounts of low-middle level clouds and cloud radiative cooling effect appeared over SC.In contrast,high clouds prevailed over SCS,where longwave and shortwave CREs offset each other,resulting in a weaker net cloud radiative effect(NCRE).The models underestimated NCRE over SC mainly due to weaker shortwave CRE and less cloud fractions.Conversely,most models overestimated NCRE over SCS because of stronger shortwave CRE and weaker longwave CRE.Regional CREs were closely linked to their dominant cloud fractions.Both observations and simulations showed a negative spatial correlation between total(low)cloud fraction and shortwave CRE over SC,especially in winter,and exhibited a positive correlation between high cloud fraction and longwave CRE over these two regions.Compared with SCS,most models overestimated the spatial correlation between low(high)cloud fraction and SWCRE(LWCRE)over SC,with larger bias ranges among models,indicating the exaggerated cloud radiative cooling(warming)effect caused by low(high)clouds.Moreover,most models struggled to describe regional ascent and its connection with CREs over SC while they can better reproduce these connections over SCS.This study further suggests that reasonable circulation conditions are crucial to simulating well cloud-radiation characteristics over the East Asian regions.
文摘本文利用2007～2010年整四年最新可利用的CloudSat卫星资料,对东亚地区（15°～60°N,70°～150°E）云的微物理量包括冰/液态水含量、冰/液态水路径、云滴数浓度和有效半径等的分布特征和季节变化进行了分析.本文将整个东亚地区划分为北方、南方、西北、青藏高原地区和东部海域五个子区域进行研究,结果显示：东亚地区冰水路径值的范围基本在700 g m-2以下,高值区分布在北纬40度以南区域,在南方地区夏季的平均值最大,为394.3 g m-2,而在西北地区冬季的平均值最小,为78.5 g m-2;而液态水路径的范围基本在600 g m-2以下,冬季在东部海域的值最大,达到300.8 g m-2,夏季最大值为281.5 g m-2,分布在南方地区上空.冰水含量的最高值为170 mg m-3,发生在8km附近,南方地区夏季的值达到最大,青藏高原地区的季节差异最大;而液态水含量在东亚地区的范围小于360 mg m-3,垂直廓线从10km向下基本呈现逐渐增大的趋势,峰值位于1～2 km高度上.冰云云滴数浓度在东亚地区的范围在150 L-1以下,水云云滴数浓度的值小于80 cm-3,垂直廓线的峰值均在夏季最大.冰云有效半径在东亚地区的最大值为90 μm,发生在5km左右;水云有效半径在东亚地区的值分布在10km以下,最大值为10～12 μm,基本位于1～2 km高度上.从概率分布函数来看,东亚地区冰/水云云滴数浓度的分布呈现明显的双峰型,其他量基本为单峰型.本文的结果可以为全球和区域气候模式在东亚地区对以上云微物理量的模拟提供一定的观测参考依据.
