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LASSO Update: Current Products and Expansion Planning

 
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Authors

Andrew M. Vogelmann — Brookhaven National Laboratory
William I. Gustafson — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zhijin Li — University of California
Xiaoping Cheng — National University of Defense Technology
Satoshi Endo — Brookhaven National Laboratory
Karen Lee Johnson — Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kyle K Dumas (Quicklooks) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tami Fairless — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Heng Xiao — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James H. Mather — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Category

ARM next generation – Megasite and LES activities

Description

The Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) workflow provides ARM with a routine, high-resolution modeling capability to support and complement use of the extensive observations at the Climate Research Facilities. The purpose of LASSO is to better link ARM observation with global-scale models through the release of data bundles that combine LES simulations, ARM observations, and automated diagnostics to accelerate the application of ARM observations to process studies and model development. LASSO is currently focused on shallow convection at the SGP and approximately 50 cases have now been run over three summer seasons (2015-2017) with another 30 cases for 2018 anticipated to be released by early summer 2019. While LASSO will continue to run shallow convection cases for years to come, activities are underway to plan for application of the LASSO framework to another cloud phenomena or site, such as marine boundary layer clouds, deep convection, and Arctic clouds. This poster provides an update on the shallow convection cases released and on the considerations involved in the expansion planning for a new site/phenomena.

Supporting URL

https://www.arm.gov/capabilities/modeling/lasso