Unexpected Changes of Aerosol Burdens With Decreased Convection in the Context of Scale-Aware Convection Schemes
Geophysical Research Letters(2022)
Abstract
Atmospheric aerosols in global climate models (GCMs) can be removed by both large-scale and convective precipitation. As the horizontal resolution of GCMs increases, it is expected that large-scale precipitation increases and convective precipitation decreases if scale-aware convection schemes are well developed. To explore its impact on aerosol burdens, this study develops a novel method and applies it to the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 5.3 to mimic the behavior of scale-aware convective schemes. Surprisingly, it is found that aerosol burden increases globally as convective precipitation decreases and large-scale precipitation increases, which can be attributed to the reduced light rain. In the light-rain intensity category, the decreased frequency of convective precipitation is not offset by the increased frequency of large-scale precipitation. Therefore, for aerosol simulations in high-resolution GCMs using scale-aware convection schemes, subgrid convection and large-scale condensation should be coordinated to assure light rain stays the same.
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Key words
light rain,scale-aware convection scheme,aerosols,global climate models
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