Prognostic parameterization of cloud ice with a single category in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM(v6.3.0)-HAM(v2.3)

Dietlicher, Remo; Neubauer, David; Lohmann, Ulrike

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1557-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1557-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1557-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Development and technical paper

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18 Apr 2018

Development and technical paper |

| 18 Apr 2018

Prognostic parameterization of cloud ice with a single category in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM(v6.3.0)-HAM(v2.3)

Remo Dietlicher, David Neubauer, and Ulrike Lohmann

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Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Code Accessibility', Lutz Gross, 11 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Code and Data accessibility', Remo Dietlicher, 17 Oct 2017
RC1: 'Review of Prognostic parameterization of cloud ice with a single category in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM(v6.3.0)-HAM(v2.3)', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer 1', Remo Dietlicher, 22 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review report', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'Reply to anonymous reviewer 2', Remo Dietlicher, 22 Dec 2017

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Remo Dietlicher on behalf of the Authors (22 Dec 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Jan 2018) by Holger Tost

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Feb 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Feb 2018) by Holger Tost

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2018) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2018) by Holger Tost

Short summary

A new cloud scheme was implemented in the aerosol–climate model ECHAM6-HAM2. Unlike traditional schemes, it does not categorize ice particles by in-cloud and precipitation types but uses a single category with prognostic bulk particle properties. The new scheme is not only conceptually simpler but also closer to first principles as it does not rely on weakly constrained conversion rates between predefined categories and resolves falling ice by local sub-time-stepping.