Description of the LASSO-CACTI Activity: A LASSO Scenario for Orographically Forced Deep Convection
NOTE: This is an evolving version of the LASSO-CACTI documentation. It is subject to change.
This documentation is for the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility’s Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ARM Symbiotic Simulation and Observation (LASSO) product focusing on the Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign. This product is formally dubbed LASSO-CACTI. The CACTI field campaign occurred from October 2018 through April 2019 in the region around the Sierras de Córdoba mountain range in north-central Argentina. This region experiences some of the most intense convection on the planet. The LASSO-CACTI product simulates some of these storms using large-eddy simulations with 100-m grid spacing to help scientists better understand the processes involved in these deep convective events. Ultimately, the goal is to better understand the cloud processes so that weather and climate models can be improved to better represent these conditions.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research.
- Background
- Citing and Acknowledging LASSO Usage
- User Support
- Case Selection
- Case Description: 29 November 2018
- Case Description: 4 December 2018
- Case Description: 5 December 2018
- Case Description: 19 December 2018
- Case Description: 22 January 2019
- Case Description: 23 January 2019
- Case Description: 25 January 2019
- Case Description: 29 January 2019
- Case Description: 8 February 2019
- Modeling Methodology
- Input Data Sets
- Available Simulations
- Observations and Skill Scores
- File Descriptions
- Bundle Browser
- Software for LASSO-CACTI
- Accessing LASSO-CACTI via ARM’s Computing Environment
- Feedback to LASSO Team
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Appendix: Release History
- References