A24G:
Microphysical and Macrophysical Properties and Processes of Ice and Mixed-Phase Clouds: Linking in Situ, Remote Sensing Observations and Multiscale Models II
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Session ID#: 58446
Session Description:
Ice and mixed-phase clouds have large impacts on Earth’s climate. Composite analyses of in-situ,
remote sensing observations and multi-scale model simulations are needed for understanding their
physical properties, radiative effects, and the relative impacts caused by in-cloud processes.
We encourage studies that apply model simulations and observations to investigate ice and mixedphase
cloud characteristics and cloud impacts on regional and global climate. Relevant topics
include: (1) observationally-based analyses of ice and mixed-phased clouds, in-cloud processes,
secondary ice formation, cloud phase distributions from cloud scales to global scale, (2)
assessments of ice crystal and liquid droplet microphysical properties, (3) cloud macrophysical
characteristics, including spatial heterogeneities and temporal variabilities, (4) sub-grid scale
variabilities of relative humidity, water vapor, temperature and vertical velocity in model
parameterizations, (5) radiative forcing of ice and mixed-phased clouds from observations,
reanalysis data and model simulations, (6) observationally-constrained estimates of climate impacts
of ice and mixed-phase clouds.
Primary Convener: Xiaohong Liu, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
Conveners: Yu Gu, UCLA, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, United States and James R Campbell, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States
Primary Liaison: Minghui Diao, San Jose State University, Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose, CA, United States
Chairs: Minghui Diao, San Jose State University, Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose, CA, United States and James R Campbell, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison: Yu Gu, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Norman G Loeb, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Seiji Kato, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States and Seung-Hee Ham, Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, United States
Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Yulan Hong, Florida State University, Tallahassee, United States
Scott Ozog, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Matthew J McGill, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, John E Yorks, Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, James R Campbell, Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, Anthony Bucholtz, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States and Sarah Woods, SPEC Inc., Boulder, CO, United States
Minghui Diao, San Jose State University, Department of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose, CA, United States and Andrew Gettelman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Kai Zhang1, Hui Wan1, Hailong Wang2, Po-Lun Ma1, Xiaohong Liu3 and Philip J Rasch4, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (3)Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, (4)University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Yang Shi1, Xiaohong Liu2, Mingxuan Wu1 and Kai Zhang3, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (2)Texas A&M University, College Station, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Lab, Richland, United States
Michelle Elizabeth Frazer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States and Yi Ming, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
