CLOUDNET Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations

A.J. Illingworth (1) , R.J. Hogan (1) , E.J. O'Connor (1) , Dominique Bouniol (2) , M.E. Brooks (3) , Julien Delanoë (2) , D.P. Donovan (4) , J.D. Eastment (5) , N. Gaussiat (3) , J.W.F. Goddard (5) , Martial Haeffelin (6) , H. Klein Baltink (4) , O.A. Krasnov (7) , Jacques Pelon (8) , J.-M. Piriou (9) , Alain Protat (2) , H.W.J. Russchenberg (7) , A. Seifert (10) , A.M. Tompkins (11) , G.-J. van Zadelhoff (4) , F. Vinit (9) , U. Willén (12) , D.R. Wilson (3) , C.L. Wrench (5)

1 Department of Meteorology [Reading]
2 CETP - Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires
3 United Kingdom Met Office [Exeter]
4 KNMI - Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
5 RAL - CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
6 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
7 DUT IRCTR - International Research Centre for Telecommunications and Radar
8 SA - Service d'aéronomie
9 Météo-France
10 DWD - Deutscher Wetterdienst [Offenbach]
11 ECMWF - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
12 SMHI - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Cloud fraction, liquid and ice water contents derived from long-term radar, lidar, and microwave radiometer data are systematically compared to models to quantify and improve their performance.

Domaines: Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]; Météorologie

A.J. Illingworth, R.J. Hogan, E.J. O'Connor, Dominique Bouniol, M.E. Brooks, et al.. CLOUDNET Continuous Evaluation of Cloud Profiles in Seven Operational Models Using Ground-Based Observations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2007, 88 (6), pp.883-898. ⟨10.1175/BAMS-88-6-883⟩. ⟨hal-00164666⟩