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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-2753-2023
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© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Methods for assessment of models
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23 May 2023
Methods for assessment of models |
| 23 May 2023
| 23 May 2023
PyFLEXTRKR: a flexible feature tracking Python software for convective cloud analysis
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Joseph Hardin
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Hannah C. Barnes
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jianfeng Li
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
L. Ruby Leung
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Adam Varble
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Zhixiao Zhang
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, Utah, USA
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Short summary
PyFLEXTRKR is a flexible atmospheric feature tracking framework with specific capabilities to track convective clouds from a variety of observations and model simulations. The package has a collection of multi-object identification algorithms and has been optimized for large datasets. This paper describes the algorithms and demonstrates applications for tracking deep convective cells and mesoscale convective systems from observations and model simulations at a wide range of scales.
PyFLEXTRKR is a flexible atmospheric feature tracking framework with specific capabilities to...
