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| author | Ziemer, Corinna Jasor, Gary Wacker, Ulrike Beheng, Klaus D Polifke, Wolfgang |
| author_facet | Ziemer, Corinna Jasor, Gary Wacker, Ulrike Beheng, Klaus D Polifke, Wolfgang |
| collection | Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales |
| contents | In numerical weather prediction models, parameterisations are used as an alternative to spectral modelling. One type of parameterisations are the so-called methods of moments. In the present study, two different methods of moments, a presumed-number-density-function method with finite upper integration limit and a quadrature method, are applied to a one-dimensional test case ('rainshaft') for drop sedimentation. The results are compared with those of a reference spectral model. An error norm is introduced, which is based on several characteristic properties of the drop ensemble relevant to the cloud microphysics context. This error norm makes it possible to carry out a quantitative comparison between the two methods. It turns out that the two moment methods presented constitute an improvement regarding two-moment presumed-number-density-function methods from literature for a variety of initial conditions. However, they are excelled by a traditional three-moment presumed-number-density-function method which requires less computational effort. Comparisons of error scores and moment profiles reveal that error scores alone should not be taken for a comparison of parameterisations, since moment profile characteristics can be lost in the integral value of the error norm. |
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| spellingShingle | Model results, link to archive file Ziemer, Corinna Jasor, Gary Wacker, Ulrike Beheng, Klaus D Polifke, Wolfgang AWI_PolarMet; Polar Meteorology @ AWI In numerical weather prediction models, parameterisations are used as an alternative to spectral modelling. One type of parameterisations are the so-called methods of moments. In the present study, two different methods of moments, a presumed-number-density-function method with finite upper integration limit and a quadrature method, are applied to a one-dimensional test case ('rainshaft') for drop sedimentation. The results are compared with those of a reference spectral model. An error norm is introduced, which is based on several characteristic properties of the drop ensemble relevant to the cloud microphysics context. This error norm makes it possible to carry out a quantitative comparison between the two methods. It turns out that the two moment methods presented constitute an improvement regarding two-moment presumed-number-density-function methods from literature for a variety of initial conditions. However, they are excelled by a traditional three-moment presumed-number-density-function method which requires less computational effort. Comparisons of error scores and moment profiles reveal that error scores alone should not be taken for a comparison of parameterisations, since moment profile characteristics can be lost in the integral value of the error norm. |
| title | Model results, link to archive file |
| topic | AWI_PolarMet; Polar Meteorology @ AWI |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875592 |