Four new joint histogram diagnostics are computed and added to the MODIS simulator (shown in attached slide2). The diagnostics include :
1&2) “CLLIQMODIS” and “CLDICEMODIS” : cloud-fraction joint histograms partitioned by cloud-top pressure (CTP) vs. cloud optical thickness (COT) for liquid-topped clouds and ice-topped clouds, respectively
3) “LWPRLMODIS” : LWP vs. cloud particle size (CER) histogram for liquid-topped clouds
4) “IWPRIMODIS” : IWP vs. CER histogram for ice-topped clouds
The joint histograms match the MODIS observational dataset described by Pincus et al. 2023.
Also, the CER edges of the histogram bins have been changed slightly from their original versions. Three changes are :
(1) The lower bound of the smallest CER bin for liquid-topped clouds has been changed from 0 microns to 4 microns
(2) One of the CER bin edges has been changed from 13 microns to 12.5 microns
(3) The lower bound of the smallest CER bin for ice-topped clouds has been changed from 0 microns to 5 microns
This causes minor changes in the MODIS joint histograms (“CLRLMODIS” and “CLRIMODIS”) with CER as a dimension (shown in attached slide1).
No other variables are affected by the code modifications.
File changes:
cosp2/Cosp.cmake
cosp2/local/cosp.F90
cam/cospsimulator_intr.F90
Add cosp_config.F90 and modis_simulator.F90 into cosp2/local
MODISdiag_jointhist.pdf
Four new joint histogram diagnostics are computed and added to the MODIS simulator (shown in attached slide2). The diagnostics include : 1&2) “CLLIQMODIS” and “CLDICEMODIS” : cloud-fraction joint histograms partitioned by cloud-top pressure (CTP) vs. cloud optical thickness (COT) for liquid-topped clouds and ice-topped clouds, respectively 3) “LWPRLMODIS” : LWP vs. cloud particle size (CER) histogram for liquid-topped clouds 4) “IWPRIMODIS” : IWP vs. CER histogram for ice-topped clouds
The joint histograms match the MODIS observational dataset described by Pincus et al. 2023.
Also, the CER edges of the histogram bins have been changed slightly from their original versions. Three changes are : (1) The lower bound of the smallest CER bin for liquid-topped clouds has been changed from 0 microns to 4 microns (2) One of the CER bin edges has been changed from 13 microns to 12.5 microns (3) The lower bound of the smallest CER bin for ice-topped clouds has been changed from 0 microns to 5 microns
This causes minor changes in the MODIS joint histograms (“CLRLMODIS” and “CLRIMODIS”) with CER as a dimension (shown in attached slide1). No other variables are affected by the code modifications.
File changes: cosp2/Cosp.cmake cosp2/local/cosp.F90 cam/cospsimulator_intr.F90 Add cosp_config.F90 and modis_simulator.F90 into cosp2/local MODISdiag_jointhist.pdf