A global cloud‐resolving simulation: Preliminary results from an aqua planet experiment

2005247 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Hirofumi Tomita · Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Hiroaki Miura · Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Shin‐ichi Iga · Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Tomoe Nasuno · Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Masaki Satoh · Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Abstract

Results from global simulations using a nonhydrostatic icosahedral‐grid AGCM with cloud‐resolving resolutions on an aqua planet are discussed. Results depend on the resolution. Simulations with grid intervals of 7 km and 3.5 km include many realistic features in the tropics: hierarchical cloud structures, a Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO)‐like intraseasonal oscillation, and diurnal precipitation cycles. Global cloud‐resolving simulations show promise for future climate research. Such models avoid the liabilities associated with cumulus parameterization.

Topics & Keywords

Climate variability and models Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: Geophysical Research Letters

Volume 32, Issue 8

DOI: 10.1029/2005gl022459

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