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Title: The ARM Cloud Radar Simulator for Global Climate Models: A New Tool for Bridging Field Data and Climate Models

Journal Article · · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  3. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
  4. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  5. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  6. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Cooperative Inst. for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
  7. Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Science and Services, Exeter (United Kingdom)
  8. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States). Cooperative Inst. for Research in the Atmosphere
  9. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  10. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
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Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704; AC52-07NA27344; 312979; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1376180
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1422585; OSTI ID: 1438806
Report Number(s):
BNL-114163-2017-JA; LLNL-JRNL-719861; R&D Project: 2016-BNL-EE630EECA-Budg; KP1701000
Journal Information:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 99, Issue 1; ISSN 0003-0007
Publisher:
American Meteorological SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 18 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Exposing Global Cloud Biases in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Using Satellite Observations and Their Corresponding Instrument Simulators journal August 2012
A comparison of simulated cloud radar output from the multiscale modeling framework global climate model with CloudSat cloud radar observations journal January 2009
An improved hindcast approach for evaluation and diagnosis of physical processes in global climate models: AN IMPROVED HINDCAST APPROACH journal November 2015
THE CLOUDSAT MISSION AND THE A-TRAIN: A New Dimension of Space-Based Observations of Clouds and Precipitation journal December 2002
A Technique for the Automatic Detection of Insect Clutter in Cloud Radar Returns journal September 2008
Are climate model simulations of clouds improving? An evaluation using the ISCCP simulator: EVALUATING CLOUDS IN CLIMATE MODELS journal February 2013
Evaluating cloud tuning in a climate model with satellite observations: EVALUATION OF CLOUD TUNING journal August 2013
Global hydrometeor occurrence as observed by CloudSat: Initial observations from summer 2006: CLOUDSAT HYDROMETEOR OCCURRENCE journal May 2007
Hydrometeor Detection Using Cloudsat —An Earth-Orbiting 94-GHz Cloud Radar journal April 2008
COSP: Satellite simulation software for model assessment journal August 2011
The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system journal April 2011
The diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation at the ARM SGP site: Cloud radar observations and simulations from the multiscale modeling framework journal July 2017
Evaluation of tropical cloud and precipitation statistics of Community Atmosphere Model version 3 using CloudSat and CALIPSO data journal January 2010
Objective Determination of Cloud Heights and Radar Reflectivities Using a Combination of Active Remote Sensors at the ARM CART Sites journal May 2000

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An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model journal August 2019
(GO) 2 -SIM: a GCM-oriented ground-observation forward-simulator framework for objective evaluation of cloud and precipitation phase journal January 2018

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