Cold Pool Analysis from The Cold Pool Model Intercomparison Project (CP-MIP)

The Cold Pool Model Intercomparison Project (CP-MIP) seeks to investigate and improve the fidelity of model representation of convective cold pools. The goals of CP-MIP are the identification, characterization, and quantification of model biases through comparison with observed cold pool statistics, the convergence of models towards a robust basis for the study of cold pools, and the improved representation of cold pools in high resolution and large scale simulations.

We present an analysis of cold pool properties from Lagrangian large eddy simulations of trade cumulus clouds organizing into the Flower cloud state from models contributing to CP-MIP. We evaluate the life cycle of cold pools in terms of their growth and decay rate, size, temperature, water vapor, and mixed layer height, and in terms of the probability densities of these quantities.