Summer Arctic clouds in the ECMWF forecast model: an evaluation of cloud parametrization schemes

• Published in: Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 142; no. 694; pp. 387 - 400
• Main Authors: Sotiropoulou, Georgia, Sedlar, Joseph, Forbes, Richard, Tjernström, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Arctic; cloud scheme; Clouds; cloud–surface interactions; evaluation; IFS model; Meteorology; mixed‐phase clouds

Mixed‐phase clouds are an integral part of the Arctic climate system, for precipitation and for their interactions with radiation and thermodynamics. Mixed‐phase processes are often poorly represented in global models and many use an empirically based diagnostic partition between the liquid and ice...