Characteristics of the Averaged Vertical Profiles of Hydrometeors in the Baiu Season Simulated with a Non-hydrostatic Regional Climate Model

Abstract

The Baiu (Mei-yu) front over East Asia in the global warming climate as well as that in the present climate is simulated using a non-hydrostatic regional climate model (NHM) with a horizontal resolution of 5 km, which explicitly calculates the microphysical processes without a cumulus parameterization. The simulation results of the present and global warming climates were compared to clarify the change in the characteristics of the distributions of cloud and precipitation particles. The vertical profile of the mixing ratio of each hydrometeor category slightly shifts about 1 km higher in the global warming climate. The mixing ratios are generally larger in the global warming climate by a factor of about 1.3 at the middle of the Baiu frontal zone. No significant difference is found in the mass ratios of solid precipitating water to total water and non-precipitating water to total water between the climates. This is a reflection of that the shape of each hydrometeor profile is similar between the climates. The approximate formulas of the mass ratios among water substances were obtained.