Combining a cloud-resolving model with satellite for cloud process model simulation validation

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 521-533

  Negri, Renato G ^a   Machado, Luiz A T ^a   English, Stephen ^b   Forsythe, Mary ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Model evaluation performance

Indexed keywords

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; HUMIDITY DISTRIBUTION; INFRARED OBSERVATIONS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; OPERATIONAL VERTICAL SOUNDERS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED TELEVISION; SATELLITES; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOVS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84897634347     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0178.1     Document Type: Article

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