DOI: https://doi.org/10.26089/NumMet.v26r434

Computational efficiency and adaptation of radiation transfer module within Large-eddy simulation model

Authors

  • Andrey V. Debolskiy
  • Evgeny V. Mortikov
  • Aleksei A. Poliukhov

Keywords:

Large-eddy simulation
atmospheric boundary layer
radiative transfer

Abstract

This paper examines the results of integrating the Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for GCMs (RRTMG) into the Large-Eddy simulation model  developed by the Lomonosov Moscow State University Research Computing Center (RCC MSU). To test the integrated radiative transfer module, we conducted conduct analysis of the influence of turbulent aerosol particle transport on the diurnal dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer under clear-sky conditions and in experiments modeling cold air bursts in the Arctic. A study of the sensitivity of the modeling results to the synchronization frequency of the radiative module with the dynamics core of the model revealed that the modeling results are within the ensemble spread for synchronization times much shorter than the characteristic turbulent time of the flow. This finding coupled with an analysis of the scalability of the overall computational algorithm, demonstrates that the combined models can be effectively applied to numerical analysis of direct and indirect aerosols effects, as well as to modeling cloud feedbacks.


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Published

2025-11-27

Issue

Vol. 26 (2025): Issue 4.

Section

Methods and algorithms of computational mathematics and their applications

Authors

Andrey V. Debolskiy

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Research Computing Center

• Researcher

Evgeny V. Mortikov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Research Computing Center

• Head of Laboratory

Aleksei A. Poliukhov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography

• Senior Researcher

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