Semi‐coupling of a field‐scale resolving land‐surface model and WRF‐LES to investigate the influence of land‐surface heterogeneity on cloud development

JS Simon, AD Bragg, PA Dirmeyer… - Journal of Advances in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Contemporary Earth system models mostly ignore the sub‐grid scale (SGS) heterogeneous
coupling between the land surface and atmosphere. To aid in the development of coupled …

Assessing the atmospheric response to subgrid surface heterogeneity in the single‐column Community Earth System Model, version 2 (CESM2)

MD Fowler, RB Neale, T Waterman… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐atmosphere interactions are central to the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer
and the subsequent formation of clouds and precipitation. Existing global climate models …

Size dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus

PJ Griewank, T Heus, NP Lareau… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study we compare long-term Doppler and Raman lidar observations against a full
month of large eddy simulations of continental shallow cumulus clouds. The goal is to …

First assessment of cloud‐land coupling in LASSO Large‐Eddy Simulations

H Zhang, T Su, Y Zheng, Z Li - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To enhance our understanding of cloud simulations over land, this study provides the first
assessment of coupling between cloud and land surface in the Large‐Eddy Simulation …

A two‐column model parameterization for subgrid surface heterogeneity driven circulations

T Waterman, AD Bragg… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Earth system models currently struggle to account for the complex effects that land surface
heterogeneity can have on land‐atmosphere interactions. There have been attempts to …

Methods to evaluate subcolumn profiles based on two‐point diagnostics

BA Stephens, VE Larson, R Newsom… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In atmospheric models, stochastic generation of subgrid‐scale profiles or “subcolumns” has
been used for a variety of purposes. Such subcolumns can be generated from subgrid …

Heterogeneous land‐surface effects on TKE and cloud formation: Statistical insights from LES cases

JS Simon, AD Bragg… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This manuscript investigates the impact of land‐surface heterogeneity on atmospheric
processes by comparing 92 large‐eddy simulation cases over the Southern Great Plains …

Large‐Scale Forcing Impact on the Development of Shallow Convective Clouds Revealed From LASSO Large‐Eddy Simulations

HH Shin, L Xue, W Li, G Firl, DF D'Amico… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐world large‐eddy simulations (LES) are driven by time‐varying large‐scale forcings
(LSF)—eg, temperature advection, moisture advection, and subsidence—derived from large …