A41A:
Constraining Climate Model Simulations and Predictions Using Observations I Posters

Session ID#: 5341

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Leo J. Donner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States, Hui Su, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Hui Su, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
Co-conveners:  Jonathan H. Jiang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Leo J. Donner, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Index Terms:

1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1620 Climate dynamics [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1626 Global climate models [GLOBAL CHANGE]
3310 Clouds and cloud feedbacks [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Control of Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor (3871)
Hanii Takahashi, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California, Pasadena, CA, United States, Hui Su, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong; Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States and Jonathan H. Jiang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Parameter Estimation in CLM4.0 Using Surrogate Model Based Global Optimization (6044)
Juliane Mueller1, Christine A Shoemaker2, Natalie M Mahowald3 and Rajendra Paudel1, (1)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Evaluation of Interannual Variability of Cloud Liquid Water Path in Climate Models Using a Multidecadal Record of Passive Microwave Observations (9445)
Andrew Manaster, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, United States, Gregory Elsaesser, Columbia University/NASA GISS, New York, United States and Christopher O'Dell, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Sciences, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
Convective Mixing, Lower Tropospheric Stability and Low Cloud Feedback (9748)
Hui Su1, Jonathan H. Jiang2, Chengxing Zhai3 and Tsae-Pyng J Shen3, (1)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
An Assessment of Upper Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Moisture Simulations in Analysis and Reanalysis Models Using 10-Year Aura MLS Observations (10714)
Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Hui Su, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States
 
Obs4MIPS: Satellite Observations for CMIP6 Model Evaluation (14204)
Robert Ferraro, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Duane Edward Waliser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Peter J Gleckler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States, Karl E. Taylor, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Livermore, CA, United States and Veronika Eyring, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
 
An Analysis of Precipitation Associated With the ITCZ in the CMIP5 AMIP and Historical-Coupled GCM Simulations: A Quantitative Assessment of Magnitude and Position (17503)
Ryan Stanfield1, Jonathan H. Jiang2, Xiquan Dong1, Baike Xi3 and Hui Su4, (1)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Quantifying the Lack of Consistency between Climate Model Projections and Observations of the Evolution of the Earth’s Average Surface Temperature since the Mid-20th Century (20121)
Patrick J Michaels and Paul C Knappenberger, Cato Institute, Center for the Study of Science, Washington, DC, United States
 
Decadal Variability of Clouds and Comparison with Climate Model Simulations (19511)
Tsaepyng Janice Shen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science Data Understanding, Pasadena, CA, United States, Hui Su, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Yuk L Yung, California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Creating “Intelligent” Climate Model Ensemble Averages Using a Process-Based Framework (9534)
Noel C Baker, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Patrick C Taylor, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States
 
Atmospheric water balance and trend over ocean estimated from satellite, merged and reanalysis data (20771)
Dong-Bin Shin, Yonsei University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul, South Korea and Hyo-Jin Park, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
How does the difference between low- and high-latitude climate sensitivity affect climate feedback diagnosis? (22507)
Jungmin Park, Ewha Womans University, Atmospheric Science and Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), Yong-Sang Choi, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea and Heeje Cho, Seoul National University, Computational Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Relationships Between Ice Cloud Properties and Radiative Effects from A-Train Observations and Global Climate Models (22780)
Betsy Berry, University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, United States and Gerald G Mace, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
 
A Scenario Is A Projection Is A Forecast: And All Should Be Verified (25185)
William M Briggs, Cato Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Observational Constraints of Humidity Climatology From GPS Radio Occultation measurements (26387)
Panagiotis Vergados, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Hui Su, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Anthony J Mannucci, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Examining Model Fidelity via Shadowing Time (26768)
Leonard A Smith1,2 and Hailiang Du2, (1)London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, (2)University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
 
Vertical Distributions of Cloud Water Content Associated with Different Cloud Types as Observed by A-Train Satellites (26908)
Lei Huang, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Jonathan H. Jiang, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Zhien Wang, University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, Hui Su, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Min Deng, University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science, Laramie, NY, United States and Steven T Massie, Natl Ctr Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States
 
Seasonal variations of marine boundary layer clouds and climate warming sensitivity (28740)
Chengxing Zhai1, Jonathan H. Jiang2 and Hui Su1, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Revisiting Earth Radiation Budget from ERBE Wide-Field-of-View Nonscanner (31791)
Alok K Shrestha1,2, Seiji Kato1, Takmeng Wong1, Paul W Stackhouse Jr3, George L Smith2, Fred G Rose2, Walter F Miller2, Kathryn Bush2, David A Rutan2, Patrick Minnis1 and David R Doelling3, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States