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An algorithm to estimate the heating budget from vertical hydrometeor profilesA simple algorithm to estimate the latent heating of cloud systems from their vertical hydrometeor profiles is proposed. The derivation as well as the validation of the algorithm is based on output generated by a nonhydrostatic cloud model with parameterized microphysical processes. Mature and decaying stages of a GATE squall-type convective system have been tested. The algorithm-derived heating budget is in reasonable agreement with the budget predicted by the cloud model. The input to the proposed algoritm can be obtained from either a rain retrieval technique based on information from multichannel passive microwave signals or a kinematic cloud model based on information from Doppler radar wind fields and radar reflectivity patterns. Such an application would have significant implications for spaceborne remote sensing and the large-scale weather prediction data assimilation problem.
Document ID
19910040980
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Tao, Wei-Kuo
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Simpson, Joanne
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Mccumber, Michael
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Adler, Robert
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lang, Stephen
(General Sciences Corp. Laurel, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Volume: 29
ISSN: 0894-8763
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
91A25603
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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