16–19 May 2022
Utrecht
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Cloud response to higher warming conditions over the Tropical Atlantic using the COSMO model

17 May 2022, 15:45
15m
Public Library (Utrecht)

Public Library

Utrecht

Neude 11, 3512 AE Utrecht, the Netherlands

Speaker

Dr Abraham Torres-Alavez (ETH Zürich)

Description

Using the COSMO model, as part of the EUREC4A modeling project, we present a set of convection-resolving simulations of current and future climate over the EUREC4A study area. The main objectives of these simulations are: 1) to evaluate the capacity of the convection-resolving COSMO model to capture tropical-cloud characteristics from January 1 to March 1 2020; 2) to assess future changes in tropical clouds under the CMIP6-projected global warming, specifically using a pseudo-global warming (PGW) approach based on the GFDL-ESM4 model; and 3) to share this data as initial and boundary conditions for large eddy simulations (LES) over the region. We will present preliminary results regarding the PGW approach.

Primary authors

Dr Abraham Torres-Alavez (ETH Zürich) Prof. Christoph Schär (ETH Zürich) Dr David Leutwyler Leutwyler (ETH Zürich)

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