How microphysical choices affect simulated infrared brightness temperatures

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-79

  Eikenberg, S ^a   Kohler C ^b   Seifert, A ^b   Crewell, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud ice parameterization; COSMO; Heterogeneous ice nucleation; MSG SEVIRI; Two moment microphysics

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; LUMINANCE; NUCLEATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COSMO; ICE NUCLEATION; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER (SEVIRI) (MSG); MICROPHYSICS; MSG SEVIRI; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION;

ICE;

AEROSOL; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; TOVS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84921475668     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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