Challenges for cloud modeling in the context of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions

For the Ninth CMW, more than 40 participants from 10 countries convened at the Met Office in Exeter, United Kingdom. The workshop included four detailed case studies (described in more detail below) rooted in recent field campaigns.

The overarching objectives of these cases were to utilize new observations to better understand intermodel differences and model deficiencies, explore new modeling techniques, and gain physical insight into the behavior of clouds. As was the case at the Eighth CMW, there was a general theme of understanding the role of aerosol impacts in the context of cloud–precipitation interactions. However, an additional objective was the focal point of several cases at the most recent workshop: microphysical–dynamical interactions.