Strong Sensitivity of Aerosol Concentrations to Convective Wet Scavenging Parameterizations in ECHAM5-HAM B. Croft 1 , J.R. Pierce 1 , R.V. Martin 1,2 , C. Hoose 3 , and U. Lohmann 4 1 Dalhouse University, Canada 2 Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, USA 3 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany 4 ETH Zurich, Switzerland HAMMOZ Workshop ETH Zurich March 27, 2012 Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 12, 1687-1732, 2012
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Strong Sensitivity of Aerosol Concentrations to Convective Wet Scavenging Parameterizations in
ECHAM5-HAM
B. Croft1, J.R. Pierce1, R.V. Martin1,2, C. Hoose3, and U. Lohmann4
1Dalhouse University, Canada2Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, USA3Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany4ETH Zurich, Switzerland
HAMMOZ Workshop ETH Zurich March 27, 2012
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 12, 1687-1732, 2012
Outline
• Motivation• Standard ECHAM5-HAM: convective wet scavenging
(prescribed cloud-droplet-borne and ice crystal-borne aerosol fractions: R)
• R calculated from convective cloud microphysics • Sensitivity studies for aerosol wet scavenging• Outlook and summary
Motivation:
Textor et al. (2006)
Motivation:
Koch et al. (2010)
Convective Wet Scavenging of Aerosols in Standard ECHAM5-HAM:Prescribed cloud-droplet-borne, ice crystal-borne fractions:
Aerosols entrain at cloud base
Aerosols entrain and detrain in updrafts
Aerosols are transported upwards; detrain at cloud top
Cloud-droplet-borne/ice crystal-borne aerosol wet removal occurs as precipitation forms
Precipitation Formation (autoconversion, accretion and aggregation)
Outflow at cloud top Stratiform CDNC/ICNC
Coupling 2-Moment Convective Microphysics of Lohmann, 2008 and Wet Scavenging: Calculated R with the Physical Processes:
Standard model: no activation of aerosols entrained above cloud base layer
Revised Convective Wet Scavenging in ECHAM5-HAM:
New temporary variables: For each aerosol species and mode:
1) Cloud-droplet-borne mass and number
2) Ice-crystal-borne mass and number
3) Interstitial mass and number
Note: 1) Cloud droplet-aerosol and ice crystal-aerosol collisions at all levels in updraft (applied collision kernels of Hoose et al. (2008))2) Nucleation scavenging occurs only at cloud base.
+ ∆ mj,k,ent- ∆ mj,k,det
Nucleation Scavenging Occurs Only at Convective Cloud Base:
Contribution of Convective Wet Deposition to Total Wet Deposition in ECHAM5-HAM:
PF_init CF_ed
CF_pipe
MODIS/MISR/AERONET AOD: van Donkelaar et al. (2010)
AOD Comparisons:
R=0.65Slope =0.62Offset=0.03
R=0.50Slope =0.87Offset =0.04
R=0.56Slope=0.77Offset=0.04
Observations: Koch et al. (2010)
Summary and Outlook:
1) Assumptions about convective clouds strongly influence aerosol scavenging, and resultant burdens and AOD.
2) Closest agreement with AOD observations was found for limiting case that allowed activation of aerosols entraining above cloud base.
3) Care must be used when applying prescribed fractions across broad temperature ranges (e.g. 238K-273K). Explicit representation of processes shows prescribed fraction of 0.75 was excessive for these clouds.
4) Need for ongoing observations, field studies, and modeling related to aerosol scavenging processes for convective clouds.
1) Assumptions about convective wet scavenging, particularly related to aerosols that entrain and detrain above cloud base strongly influence aerosol wet removal, resultant concentrations, burdens and AOD. Whether these aerosols enter the hydrometeors primarily by nucleation or impaction is an open question.
2) Scavenging of aerosols entrained above cloud base decreases global and annual mean aerosol burdens by near to 50%.
3) More vigorous convective wet scavenging parameterization increased convective wet deposition by about a factor of 2, and reduced aerosol burdens even though modeled convective precipitation decreased.
4) Need for ongoing observations, field studies, and modeling related to aerosol scavenging processes for convective clouds.
Extra Slides
PF_init
CF_ed
CF_init
CF_pipe
Sulfate Wet Deposition (30°S to 30°N): Observed and Modeled
Convective CDNC (CF_ed)
∆ Convective CDNC (CF_ed – CF_pipe)
100 cm-3 increase in tropics200 cm-3 in tropics 400 cm-3 in polluted Northern Hemisphere
Annual, Zonal Mean Convective Cloud Droplet Number Concentration: