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A dynamic approach to 3D radiative transfer in numerical weather prediction models

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Maier,  Richard
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Emde,  Claudia
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Jakub,  Fabian
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Manev,  Mihail
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Mayer,  Bernhard
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Meier,  Sophie
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

de Mourgues,  Michael
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

Voigt,  Aiko
IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations;

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Maier, R., Emde, C., Jakub, F., Manev, M., Mayer, B., Meier, S., de Mourgues, M., Voigt, A. (2023): A dynamic approach to 3D radiative transfer in numerical weather prediction models, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-4293


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5021728
Abstract
The increasing resolution of numerical weather prediction models makes 3D radiative effects more and more important. However, 3D radiative transfer solvers are still computationally expensive, largely preventing their use in operational weather forecasting. To address this issue, we present a new, “dynamic” 3D radiative transfer model that is based on the TenStream solver (Jakub and Mayer, 2015) and delivers a significant speed-up utilizing two main concepts. First, radiation in this model is not calculated from scratch every time the scheme is called, but uses a time-stepping scheme to update the radiative field based on the result from the previous radiation time step. Secondly, the model is based on incomplete solves, performing just the first few steps towards convergence every time it is called. Applied, these two concepts alone allow to produce radiative flux and heating rate fields close to the original TenStream results at dramatically increased speed. In addition, we use an optimized wavelength sampling that allows to noticeably reduce the number of spectral intervals to calculate integrated shortwave and longwave heating rates without a significant loss in precision. Together, these approaches allow to accelerate 3D radiative transfer towards the speed of currently employed 1D solvers. To demonstrate this, we apply the new solver to a precomputed shallow cumulus cloud time series and compare it to both a traditional 1D delta-Eddington solver, the original TenStream solver, as well as to a benchmark solution provided by the 3D Monte Carlo solver MYSTIC (Mayer, 2009).