DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1978-3
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84899938653
论文题名: Variability of cloud liquid water and ice over South Asia from TMI estimates
作者: Bhattacharya A. ; Chakraborty A. ; Venugopal V.
刊名: Climate Dynamics
ISSN: 9307575
出版年: 2014
卷: 42, 期: 2017-09-10 起始页码: 2411
结束页码: 2421
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Active and break monsoon
; Aerosols
; Cloud microphysics
; Hydrometeors
; Precipitation
英文摘要: In this study, the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission based Microwave Imager estimates (2A12) have been used to compare and contrast the characteristics of cloud liquid water and ice over the Indian land region and the ocean surrounding it, during the premonsoon (May) and monsoon (June-September) seasons. Based on the spatial homogeneity of rainfall, we have selected five regions for our study (three over ocean, two over land). Comparison across three ocean regions suggests that the cloud liquid water (CLW) over the orographically influenced Arabian Sea (close to the Indian west coast) behaves differently from the CLW over a trapped ocean (Bay of Bengal) or an open ocean (equatorial Indian Ocean). Specifically, the Arabian Sea region shows higher liquid water for a lower range of rainfall, whereas the Bay of Bengal and the equatorial Indian Ocean show higher liquid water for a higher range of rainfall. Apart from geographic differences, we also documented seasonal differences by comparing CLW profiles between monsoon and premonsoon periods, as well as between early and peak phases of the monsoon. We find that the CLW during the lean periods of rainfall (May or June) is higher than during the peak and late monsoon season (July-September) for raining clouds. As active and break phases are important signatures of the monsoon progression, we also analysed the differences in CLW during various phases of the monsoon, namely, active, break, active-to-break and break-to-active transition phases. We find that the cloud liquid water content during the break-to-active transition phase is significantly higher than during the active-to-break transition phase over central India. We speculate that this could be attributed to higher amount of aerosol loading over this region during the break phase. We lend credence to this aerosol-CLW/rain association by comparing the central Indian CLW with that over southeast Asia (where the aerosol loading is significantly smaller) and find that in the latter region, there are no significant differences in CLW during the different phases of the monsoon. While our hypothesis needs to be further investigated with numerical models, the results presented in this study can potentially serve as a good benchmark in evaluating the performance of cloud resolving models over the Indian region. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 资助项目: NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/54410
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作者单位: Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
Recommended Citation:
Bhattacharya A.,Chakraborty A.,Venugopal V.. Variability of cloud liquid water and ice over South Asia from TMI estimates[J]. Climate Dynamics,2014-01-01,42(2017-09-10)