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THREAD: Tying in High Resolution E3SM with ARM Data

This project harnesses DOE's recent development of the global storm-resolving model and recent advances in ground-based observations using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) data to significantly enhance the predictability of the kilometer-scale Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM).

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)

The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project includes Earth System Models, simulations, and predictions to investigate energy-relevant science using code optimized for DOE's advanced supercomputers.

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This will be accomplished by diagnosing and improving the representations of clouds, precipitation, and land-atmosphere interaction processes.

Keywords	clouds, convection, convection The rising of warm air and the sinking of cool air. Convection can cause local breezes, winds, and thunderstorms. Source: NASA earth observatory Source global storm resolving models, global storm resolving model (GSRM) Global storm resolving models (GSRMs), which have ultra-high horizontal resolutions (e.g., 1-5 km) are capable of simulating convective storms directly, for extended time frames (e.g., greater than one month). Source: EESM (Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling) Source land-atmosphere interaction , Modeling with ARM Data, ARM data Continuous field measurements of atmospheric data collected with Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) instruments at fixed and varying locations worldwide. Source: Argonne National Laboratory Source observation, precipitation, Science with ARM Data
TYPE	Scientific Focus Area

Keywords

clouds, convection, global storm resolving models, land-atmosphere interaction , Modeling with ARM Data, observation, precipitation, Science with ARM Data

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Scientific Focus Area

Principal Investigator (PI)

Yunyan Zhang

Lead Institution

A schematic diagram illustrating the approaches, science foci, and tools for THREAD (Tying in High Resolution E3SM with ARM Data), an Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Focus Area (SFA) project bridging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) and Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) programs. THREAD will use ARM observations for diagnosis and improvement of E3SM’s kilometer-scale model configuration known as the Simplified Cloud-Resolving E3SM Atmospheric Model (SCREAM). (Image by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

For more information

Yunyan Zhang
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

https://asr.science.energy.gov/projects/16427