Evaluation of a High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction Model’s Simulated Clouds Using Observations from CloudSat, GOES-13 and in Situ Aircraft

• Published in: Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 144; no. 715; pp. 1681 - 1694
• Main Authors: Qu, Zhipeng, Barker, Howard W., Korolev, Alexei V., Milbrandt, Jason A., Heckman, Ivan, Bélair, Stéphane, Leroyer, Sylvie, Vaillancourt, Paul A., Wolde, Mengistu, Schwarzenböck, Alfons, Leroy, Delphine, Strapp, J. Walter, Cole, Jason N. S., Nguyen, Louis, Heidinger, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Langley Research Center Wiley 01.07.2018; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aircraft; Altitude; Climate change; Cloud microphysics; Cloud properties; Clouds; Crystals; Data; Earth Resources And Remote Sensing; Environmental changes; Evaluation; field campaigns; High-altitude environments; Hydrometeors; Ice; Ice crystals; Imagery; Intercomparison; Low clouds; mesoscale; Mesoscale convective systems; Meteorological satellites; microphysics; Moisture content; Nesting; numerical methods and NWP; Ocean, Atmosphere; Radar; Radar data; Radiative transfer; remote sensing; Satellites; Sciences of the Universe; severe weather; Simulators; Statistical methods; Tropical climate; Tropical clouds; Tropics; Water content; Weather forecasting; Canada

This study aimed to assess tropical cloud properties predicted by Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Global Environmental Multiscale (GEM)modelwhen run with the Milbrandt–Yau double-moment cloud microphysical scheme and one-way nesting that culminated at a (∼300 km)2 inner domain with 0.25 km h...