Coupling aerosols to (cirrus) clouds in the global  EMAC-MADE3 aerosol–climate  model

Righi, Mattia; Hendricks, Johannes; Lohmann, Ulrike; Beer, Christof Gerhard; Hahn, Valerian; Heinold, Bernd; Heller, Romy; Krämer, Martina; Ponater, Michael; Rolf, Christian; Tegen, Ina; Voigt, Christiane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1635-2020

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Model description paper

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30 Mar 2020

Model description paper |

| 30 Mar 2020

Coupling aerosols to (cirrus) clouds in the global EMAC-MADE3 aerosol–climate model

Mattia Righi, Johannes Hendricks, Ulrike Lohmann, Christof Gerhard Beer, Valerian Hahn, Bernd Heinold, Romy Heller, Martina Krämer, Michael Ponater, Christian Rolf, Ina Tegen, and Christiane Voigt

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1635-2020-supplement

Data sets

Model simulation data used in "Coupling aerosols to (cirrus) clouds in the global aerosol-climate model EMAC-MADE3" (Righi et al., Geosci. Model Dev., 2020) Mattia Righi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3630106

Short summary

A new cloud microphysical scheme is implemented in the global EMAC-MADE3 aerosol model and evaluated. The new scheme features a detailed parameterization for aerosol-driven ice formation in cirrus clouds, accounting for the competition between homogeneous and heterogeneous ice formation processes. The comparison against satellite data and in situ measurements shows that the model performance is in line with similar global coupled models featuring ice cloud parameterizations.