Validating NU-WRF simulations during MC3E field campaign
Authors
Di Wu — NASA
NASA GSFC — NASA GSFC
Toshihisa Matsui — Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at University of Maryland
Christa Peters-Lidard — NASA - GSFC, Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
Arthur Hou — NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Gail Skofronick Jackson — NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Lin Tian — Goddard Science and Technology Center University of Maryland
Gerald Heymsfield — Goddard Space Flight Center
Walter A. Petersen — NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Ann M. Fridlind — NASA - Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Category
Field Campaigns
Description
The recent ARM supported/co-sponsored field campaign—Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E)—has provided excellent measurements that can be used for model validations.In this study, we want to test Goddard microphysics through the validation for different precipitation systems. Three cases are selected from MC3E covering deep convective and widespread stratiform systems (May 1, 20, and 24, 2011).
Each case will be validated rigorously against available field campaign data sets with an emphasis on microphysics structure of the precipitating systems, such as brightness temperature, particle size distribution, and ice water content. In addition, by comparing simulations to similar types of observations those are widely available in different geophysical locations, such as radar reflectivity from Next-Generation Radar (NEXRAD) and precipitation from North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS), we want to find out whether these model-observation differences are case-dependent or systematically biased across different precipitating systems in our current model. The above effort will be beneficial for algorithm development and model improvement.