Multilayer cloud conditions in trade wind shallow cumulus – confronting two ICON model derivatives with airborne observations

Jacob, Marek; Kollias, Pavlos; Ament, Felix; Schemann, Vera; Crewell, Susanne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Methods for assessment of models

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25 Nov 2020

Methods for assessment of models |

| 25 Nov 2020

Multilayer cloud conditions in trade wind shallow cumulus – confronting two ICON model derivatives with airborne observations

Marek Jacob, Pavlos Kollias, Felix Ament, Vera Schemann, and Susanne Crewell

Data sets

HALO Microwave Package measurements during Next-generation Remote sensing for VALidation Studies - South (NARVAL-South) Heike Konow, Marek Jacob Felix Ament, Susanne Crewell, Florian Ewald, Martin Hagen, Lutz Hirsch, Friedhelm Jansen, Mario Mech, and Bjorn Stevens https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/HALO_measurements_2

Liquid water path and integrated water vapor over the tropical Atlantic during NARVAL-South Marek Jacob, Felix Ament, Manuel Gutleben, Heike Konow, Mario Mech, Martin Wirth, and Susanne Crewell https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/HALO_measurements_5

Short summary

We compare clouds in different cloud-resolving atmosphere simulations with airborne remote sensing observations. The focus is on warm shallow clouds in the Atlantic trade wind region. Those clouds are climatologically important but challenging for climate models. We use forward operators to apply instrument-specific thresholds for cloud detection to model outputs. In this comparison, the higher-resolution model better reproduces the layered cloud structure.