The Role of Unresolved Clouds on Short-Range Global Horizontal Irradiance Predictability
2016 ◽
Vol 144
(9)
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pp. 3099-3107
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The shortwave radiative impacts of unresolved cumulus clouds are investigated using 6-h ensemble simulations performed with the WRF-Solar Model and high-quality observations over the contiguous United States for a 1-yr period. The ensembles use the stochastic kinetic energy backscatter scheme (SKEBS) to account for implicit model uncertainty. Results indicate that parameterizing the radiative effects of both deep and shallow cumulus clouds is necessary to largely reduce (55%) a systematic overprediction of the global horizontal irradiance. Accounting for the model’s effective resolution is necessary to mitigate the underdispersive nature of the ensemble and provide meaningful quantification of the short-range prediction uncertainties.
2020 ◽
Vol 59
(3)
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pp. 535-550
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Evaporative Cooling at the Lateral Boundary of Shallow Cumulus Clouds
2013 ◽
Vol 70
(7)
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pp. 2088-2102
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2017 ◽
Vol 17
(7)
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pp. 4599-4609
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2019 ◽
Vol 10
(11)
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pp. 1057-1064
2018 ◽
Vol 75
(11)
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pp. 4031-4047
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