Articles | Volume 19, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12431-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12431-2019
Research article
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08 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 08 Oct 2019

Microphysics of summer clouds in central West Antarctica simulated by the Polar Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)

Keith M. Hines, David H. Bromwich, Sheng-Hung Wang, Israel Silber, Johannes Verlinde, and Dan Lubin

Data sets

AMPS database Polar Meteorology Group http://polarmet.osu.edu/AMPS/

Model code and software

The Weather Research and Forecasting model NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology https://www.mmm.ucar.edu/weather-research-and-forecasting-model

The Polar WRF model Polar Meteorology Group http://polarmet.osu.edu/PWRF/registration.php

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Short summary
We explore how well clouds are represented in numerical weather prediction over Antarctica, a very difficult environment for field programs where few studies have been conducted. Fortunately, a 2015–2017 field program for West Antarctica supplied observations. We achieve promising results with newer, more advanced cloud schemes. We need to understand the role of clouds and precipitation in the maintenance of the Antarctic ice mass to understand and predict sea level change over the 21st century.
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