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Articles | Volume 15, issue 20
Articles | Volume 15, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7751-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7751-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 20
Model evaluation paper
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21 Oct 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 21 Oct 2022

Impacts of the ice-particle size distribution shape parameter on climate simulations with the Community Atmosphere Model Version 6 (CAM6)

Wentao Zhang, Xiangjun Shi, and Chunsong Lu

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The two-moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme used in CAM6 was modified to consider the impacts of the ice-crystal size distribution shape parameter (μi). After that, how the μi impacts cloud microphysical processes and then climate simulations is clearly illustrated by offline tests and CAM6 model experiments. Our results and findings are useful for the further development of μi-related parameterizations.
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