Earth System Model Aerosol–Cloud Diagnostics (ESMAC Diags) package, version 1: assessing E3SM aerosol predictions using aircraft, ship, and surface measurements

Tang, Shuaiqi; Fast, Jerome D.; Zhang, Kai; Hardin, Joseph C.; Varble, Adam C.; Shilling, John E.; Mei, Fan; Zawadowicz, Maria A.; Ma, Po-Lun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4055-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4055-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4055-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 10

Methods for assessment of models

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25 May 2022

Methods for assessment of models |

| 25 May 2022

Earth System Model Aerosol–Cloud Diagnostics (ESMAC Diags) package, version 1: assessing E3SM aerosol predictions using aircraft, ship, and surface measurements

Shuaiqi Tang, Jerome D. Fast, Kai Zhang, Joseph C. Hardin, Adam C. Varble, John E. Shilling, Fan Mei, Maria A. Zawadowicz, and Po-Lun Ma

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4055-2022-supplement

Data sets

ESMAC Diags Data Shuaiqi Tang, Jerome D. Fast, Kai Zhang, Joseph C. Hardin, Adam C. Varble, John E. Shilling, Fan Mei, Maria A. Zawadowicz, and Po-Lun Ma https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6369120

Model code and software

ESM aerosol-cloud diagnostics Shuaiqi Tang, J. D. Fast, and Joseph C. Hardin https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6371596

Short summary

We developed an Earth system model (ESM) diagnostics package to compare various types of aerosol properties simulated in ESMs with aircraft, ship, and surface measurements from six field campaigns across spatial scales. The diagnostics package is coded and organized to be flexible and modular for future extension to other field campaign datasets and adapted to higher-resolution model simulations. Future releases will include comprehensive cloud and aerosol–cloud interaction diagnostics.