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From: Toward reduction of the uncertainties in climate sensitivity due to cloud processes using a global non-hydrostatic atmospheric model

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Comparison of the bulk cloud microphysics schemes and spectral bin scheme. Time evolution of the a liquid water path and b cloud cover, and 4-h averaged vertical profile of c liquid water mixing ratio and d grid-resolved turbulent kinetic energy averaged over the entire calculation domain. The red, green, and cyan lines indicate the results of the spectral bin, double-moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme, and single-moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme, respectively. The black line, dark gray shading, and light gray shading indicate the median, range between the first and third quartiles, and range between maximum and minimum values of an intercomparison study of Global Energy and Water EXchange project (GEWEX) Cloud System Study (GCSS), respectively (van Zanten et al. 2011). Adapted from Sato et al. (2015)

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