Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5757-2020
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

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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.