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clouds on weather and climate with greatly improved realism; to evaluate the new model by comparison of model results
with observations; and to apply the model to understand the interactions of clouds with other components of the Earth
system, including the atmosphere, the vegetated land surface, and the oceans. CMMAP Research Highlights
- High-Detail Simulation of
Tropical Convection
Improving the simulation of clouds using a Cloud Resolving Model (CRM). - Low Clouds and Climate
Change
Understanding why models produce different changes in clouds for the same change in climate. - Heartbeat of the Climate System
Found in Tropical Thunderstorms
Following the cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). - Nucleation Processes in
Deep Convection
Studying the impact of aerosols on ice clouds associated with deep convection. - High-frequency Rainfall
Variability Reveals Nature of Simulated Climates
Evaluating the realism of explicitly modeling rain systems using a Multiscale Modeling Framework (MMF). - Cloud Effects on
Climate
Establishing the role of clouds in the climate system. - Quasi-Lagrangian Vertical
Coordinates
Nonhydrostatic atmospheric modeling with a hybrid vertical coordinate. - Other center highlights
Models under development supported by CMMAP.
Quick link to Research Themes and Blogs :
Low-cloud Feedbacks | Dynamical Framework | MJO | Physical Processes Research Objectives & Collaboration Wikis
Center DirectorLow-cloud Feedbacks | Dynamical Framework | MJO | Physical Processes Research Objectives & Collaboration Wikis
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David A. Randall Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 970 491 8407 randall@atmos.colostate.edu |
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Research Team
| Name | Institution | Role in CMMAP |
| Thomas Ackerman | University of Washington, JISAO | Model evaluation using ARM data |
| Akio Arakawa | University of California, Los Angeles | Development of improved GCMs and cloud parameterizations |
| Howard Barker | Meteorological Service of Canada | Radiation parameterization for the MMF, including multi-dimensional radiative transfer; scientific participant in CMMAP workshops |
| Christopher Bretherton | University of Washington | Development of improved cloud parameterizations |
| Antonio Busalacchi | University of Maryland | Use of satellite data to evaluate MMF results |
| Anning Cheng | Langley Research Center, NASA | Development of boundary-layer parameterizations for use in the MMF |
| William Collins | Lawrence Berkeley Labs / UC Berkeley | Developer of radiative transfer parameterizations; Liaison to CCSM |
| Alan Scott Denning | Colorado State University | Director for Education and Outreach; Use of MMFs to study the carbon cycle |
| Leo Donner | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA | Development of improved MMFs and improved conventional parameterizations |
| Wojciech Grabowski | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Development of improved CSRMs and MMFs |
| John Helly | University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Supercomputer Center |
Director for Computation, and liaison to SDSC |
| Andrew Heymsfield | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Parameterization of ice microphysics |
| Marat Khairoutdinov | Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook | Development of CSRMs and MMFs |
| Sonia Kreidenweis | Colorado State University | Use of MMFs with aerosol and cloud microphysics parameterizations |
| Steven Krueger | University of Utah | Development of improved MMFs |
| Christian Kummerow | Colorado State University | Liaison to TRMM and GPM; use of these datasets for model evaluation |
| Masahide Kimoto | Center for Climate Systems Research, University of Tokyo, Japan |
Scientific participant in CMMAP Workshops; development of improved MMFs |
| Eric Maloney | Colorado State University | Analysis of tropical general circulation |
| Martin Miller | European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, England |
Scientific participant in CMMAP Workshops; model evaluation through NWP |
| Chin-Hoh Moeng | National Center for Atmospheric Research | CMMAP Deputy Director and Development of boundary-layer parameterizations for use in the MMF |
| Mitchell Moncrieff | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Development of the MMF |
| Tomoe Nasuno | Frontier Research Project for Global Change, Japan |
Scientific participant in CMMAP Workshops; development of improved CSRMs |
| Robert Pincus | University of Colorado | Development of cloud parameterizations |
| David Randall | Colorado State University | Principal investigator; further development of the MMF |
| William Rossow | City College of New York | Model evaluation, especially using ISCCP data |
| Wayne Schubert | Colorado State University | Director for Knowledge Transfer; further development of the MMF with an emphasis on the choice of governing equations |
| Richard Somerville | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD | Development of cloud-radiation parameterizations |
| Bjorn Stevens | University of California, Los Angeles | Development of conventional parameterizations |
| Wei-Kuo Tao | Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA | Development of improved MMFs, and application to data assimilation |
| Bruce Wielicki | Langley Research Center, NASA | Model evaluation using space data |
| Kuan-Man Xu | Langley Research Center, NASA | Development of boundary-layer parameterizations for use in the MMF |
