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Model description paper |
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DiuSST: a conceptual model of diurnal warm layers for idealized atmospheric simulations with interactive sea surface temperature
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Jan O. Haerter
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Integrated Modeling, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research, Bremen, Germany
Physics and Earth Sciences, Constructor University Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Romain Fiévet
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scientific Computing Lab, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
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Short summary
The daily cycle of sea surface temperature (SST) impacts clouds above the ocean and could influence the clustering of thunderstorms linked to extreme rainfall and hurricanes. However, daily SST variability is often poorly represented in modeling studies of how clouds cluster. We present a simple, wind-responsive model of upper-ocean temperature for use in atmospheric simulations. Evaluating the model against observations, we show that it performs significantly better than common slab models.
The daily cycle of sea surface temperature (SST) impacts clouds above the ocean and could...
