Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment
In this study we examine the performance of 31 global model radiative transfer schemes in cloud-free conditions with prescribed gaseous absorbers and no aerosols (Rayleigh atmosphere), with prescribed scattering-only aerosols, and with more absorbing aerosols. Results are compared to benchmark resul...
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| author | Randles, C Kinne, S Myhre, G Schulz, M Stier, P Fischer, J Doppler, L Highwood, E Ryder, C Harris, B Huttunen, J Ma, Y Pinker, RT Mayer, B Neubauer, D Hitzenberger, R Oreopoulos, L Lee, D Pitari, G Di Genova, G Quaas, J Rose, F Kato, S Rumbold, S Vardavas, I Hatzianastassiou, N Matsoukas, C Yu, H Zhang, F Zhang, H Lu, P |
| author_facet | Randles, C Kinne, S Myhre, G Schulz, M Stier, P Fischer, J Doppler, L Highwood, E Ryder, C Harris, B Huttunen, J Ma, Y Pinker, RT Mayer, B Neubauer, D Hitzenberger, R Oreopoulos, L Lee, D Pitari, G Di Genova, G Quaas, J Rose, F Kato, S Rumbold, S Vardavas, I Hatzianastassiou, N Matsoukas, C Yu, H Zhang, F Zhang, H Lu, P |
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| description | In this study we examine the performance of 31 global model radiative transfer schemes in cloud-free conditions with prescribed gaseous absorbers and no aerosols (Rayleigh atmosphere), with prescribed scattering-only aerosols, and with more absorbing aerosols. Results are compared to benchmark results from high-resolution, multi-angular line-by-line radiation models. For purely scattering aerosols, model bias relative to the line-by-line models in the top-of-the atmosphere aerosol radiative forcing ranges from roughly --10 to 20%, with over-and underestimates of radiative cooling at lower and higher solar zenith angle, respectively. Inter-model diversity (relative standard deviation) increases from ~10 to 15% as solar zenith angle decreases. Inter-model diversity in atmospheric and surface forcing decreases with increased aerosol absorption, indicating that the treatment of multiple-scattering is more variable than aerosol absorption in the models considered. Aerosol radiative forcing results from multi-stream models are generally in better agreement with the line-by-line results than the simpler two-stream schemes. Considering radiative fluxes, model performance is generally the same or slightly better than results from previous radiation scheme intercomparisons. However, the inter-model diversity in aerosol radiative forcing remains large, primarily as a result of the treatment of multiple-scattering. Results indicate that global models that estimate aerosol radiative forcing with two-stream radiation schemes may be subject to persistent biases introduced by these schemes, particularly for regional aerosol forcing. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:20e9dc7a-1a56-445e-9a1a-d12c553fbecd2022-03-26T11:30:17ZIntercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer ExperimentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:20e9dc7a-1a56-445e-9a1a-d12c553fbecdSymplectic Elements at OxfordEuropean Geosciences Union (EGU)2013Randles, CKinne, SMyhre, GSchulz, MStier, PFischer, JDoppler, LHighwood, ERyder, CHarris, BHuttunen, JMa, YPinker, RTMayer, BNeubauer, DHitzenberger, ROreopoulos, LLee, DPitari, GDi Genova, GQuaas, JRose, FKato, SRumbold, SVardavas, IHatzianastassiou, NMatsoukas, CYu, HZhang, FZhang, HLu, PIn this study we examine the performance of 31 global model radiative transfer schemes in cloud-free conditions with prescribed gaseous absorbers and no aerosols (Rayleigh atmosphere), with prescribed scattering-only aerosols, and with more absorbing aerosols. Results are compared to benchmark results from high-resolution, multi-angular line-by-line radiation models. For purely scattering aerosols, model bias relative to the line-by-line models in the top-of-the atmosphere aerosol radiative forcing ranges from roughly --10 to 20%, with over-and underestimates of radiative cooling at lower and higher solar zenith angle, respectively. Inter-model diversity (relative standard deviation) increases from ~10 to 15% as solar zenith angle decreases. Inter-model diversity in atmospheric and surface forcing decreases with increased aerosol absorption, indicating that the treatment of multiple-scattering is more variable than aerosol absorption in the models considered. Aerosol radiative forcing results from multi-stream models are generally in better agreement with the line-by-line results than the simpler two-stream schemes. Considering radiative fluxes, model performance is generally the same or slightly better than results from previous radiation scheme intercomparisons. However, the inter-model diversity in aerosol radiative forcing remains large, primarily as a result of the treatment of multiple-scattering. Results indicate that global models that estimate aerosol radiative forcing with two-stream radiation schemes may be subject to persistent biases introduced by these schemes, particularly for regional aerosol forcing. |
| spellingShingle | Randles, C Kinne, S Myhre, G Schulz, M Stier, P Fischer, J Doppler, L Highwood, E Ryder, C Harris, B Huttunen, J Ma, Y Pinker, RT Mayer, B Neubauer, D Hitzenberger, R Oreopoulos, L Lee, D Pitari, G Di Genova, G Quaas, J Rose, F Kato, S Rumbold, S Vardavas, I Hatzianastassiou, N Matsoukas, C Yu, H Zhang, F Zhang, H Lu, P Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title | Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title_full | Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title_short | Intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling: results from the AeroCom Radiative Transfer Experiment |
| title_sort | intercomparison of shortwave radiative transfer schemes in global aerosol modeling results from the aerocom radiative transfer experiment |
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