Convective Transport of Aerosols

Principal Investigator: Dr Doug Parker
Co-Investigator:  Prof Ken Carslaw 
Sponsor: Met Office

Start Date: 1 February 2007 
End Date: 31 May 2007

Value to Leeds: £10,000

Institute: Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science

Abstract

This work will aim to fully utilise the development of the Met Office Cloud-resolving model (CRM) carried out by Gerry Devine during his PhD.  It would also aim to benefit from the expertise Gerry has gained in this area during this study.

The plan would be to carry out a range of simulations of precipitating convection and investigate how the different simulations impact the sulphur cycle implemented in the CRM by Gerry.  The deliverable would be a report or a peer reviewed publication describing:

• The analysis of the sulphur cycle in a range of convective environments e.g. suppressed periods of TOGA-COARE and the diurnal cycle of convection over land
• A study of the limitations of the use of 2D simulations in the CRM for studying the sulphur cycle.