EUROCS: EUROpean Cloud Systems

The project EUROCS aims to improve the treatment of cloud systems in global and regional climate models. In addition, benefits will be also gained for hydrology and severe weather issues. Clouds probably remain the largest source of uncertainty affecting evaluations of climate change in response to anthropogenic change. The recent interest to develop capability to predict regional changes of climate, stress also the importance to better represent clouds in models. EUROCS concentrates its efforts on 4 major and well identified deficiencies of climate models:
I.           stratocumulus over ocean,
II.          diurnal cycle of cumulus,
III.         diurnal cycle of precipitating deep convection over continents,
IV.        sensitivity of deep convection development on the moisture profile.

This site contains results of an single column model intercomparison of Cumulus clouds and a 3D full GCM intercomparison of clouds in the Hadley circulation. More information on EUROCS can be found at the EUROCS project home page.

EUROCS is funded by the EU FP5 (EVK2 CT1999 0005) (March 2000-Febr 2003)

Intercomparison Study for Single Column Models

Diurnal Cycle of Cumulus Clouds

For more info contact: Geert Lenderink and Pier Siebesma


  SCM PAPERS SUBMITTED TO SPECIAL ISSUE QJRMS (July 2003)

For a preprint of these papers contact me

The intercomparison paper (accepted minor revisions):

by Geert Lenderink, A. Pier Siebesma,  Sylvain Cheinet, Sarah Irons, Colin G. Jones, Pascal Marquet, Frank Mueller, Dolores Olmeda, Javier Calvo, Enrique Sanchez, and Pedro Soares

(extended abstract)


A paper on a new TKE-l turbulence closure (in press):
(extended abstract)
                      by Geert Lenderink and Bert Holtslag

             A recent note on drizzle in Stratocumumulus:
  • On the role of drizzle in model intercomparisons of Stratocumulus clouds
(extended abstract)

                   by Geert Lenderink and Pier Siebesma


Intercomparison Study for 3D GCM's

Motivation, case description and required output

Some preliminary ECMWF results and available data

January 2002     :Preliminary results

October 2002    :Observations, submissions and intercomparisons

For more info contact: Christian Jakob ,Pier Siebesma, Geert Lenderink, Joao Teixeira


REVISED VERSION OF GCM/RCM INTERCOMPARISON PAPER FOR SPECIAL ISSUE QJRMS (April 2004)

by A. P. Siebesma, C. Jacob and co-authors


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