Overview of the development of the Aerosol Loading Interface for Cloud microphysics In Simulation (ALICIS)

Takamichi Iguchi, In-Jin Choi, Yousuke Sato, Kentaroh Suzuki, Teruyuki Nakajima
2015 Progress in Earth and Planetary Science  
This review summarizes the scientific background of and past/prospective update strategies for the development of the Aerosol Loading Interface for Cloud microphysics In Simulation (ALICIS). ALICIS provides a novel approach for coupling downscaled mesoscale cloud-resolving simulations to large-scale aerosol-transport simulations. Realistic aerosol loading, including spatio-temporal aerosol variations and particle-size spectra, is implemented in the cloudresolving simulations. Prior studies
more » ... ying ALICIS have demonstrated how the interface introduction significantly improves the reproducibility of the simulated microphysical cloud structure through better representation of aerosol effects on cloud.
doi:10.1186/s40645-015-0075-0 fatcat:ctyjho3hbbepjb47753mwjswgu