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Using Microwave Limb Sounder Data to Validate Model Ice FieldsMLS IWC overall tends to be higher relative to ECMWF after considering MLS track sampling and sensitivity (cutoff application). Disagreement tends to be accentuated over Indian and Western Pacific Oceans and over tropical landmasses. Large disagreement occur at upper level at 147 hPa but small at lower levels at 215 and 316 hPa suggesting the need to investigate the strength of model large-scale circulation and physics associated with the IWC formation. Future work includes: Present MMF/ECMWF Comparisons at AGU/Baltimore Session on MMF/Cloud Resolving Modeling, GMAO/GSFC & at the WPac/Bejing/AGU in Tao's Cloud-Radiation Session. Write-up Results on ECMWF/MLS Comparisons for GRL. Continue with MLS vs ECMWF Water Vapor & Temperature comparisons - will seek more interaction with other MLS colleagues. Investigate the Development of Biases in ECMWF Forecasts - i.e. in the actual model. Work with GMAO-5 development team regarding their cloud microphysics performance. Integrate CloudSat into IWC Analyses.
Document ID
20080014136
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Waliser, Duane E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Li, Jui-Lin
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Jiang, Jonathan H.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Tompkins, Adrian
(European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Reading, United Kingdom)
Chern, J.-D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Tao, W.-K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Khairoutdinov, M.
(Colorado State Univ. CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
November 13, 2006
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: ECMWF Cloud Workshop
Location: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Start Date: November 13, 2006
End Date: November 15, 2006
Sponsors: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
tropical convection
MLS
weather forcasting
cloud ice
data assimilation

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