A Comparison of Model Short-Range Forecasts and the ARM Microbase Data Fourth Quarter ARM Science Metric

Technical Report · Tue Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/948099· OSTI ID:948099

Hnilo, J. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

For the fourth quarter ARM metric we will make use of new liquid water data that has become available, and called the “Microbase” value added product (referred to as OBS, within the text) at three sites: the North Slope of Alaska (NSA), Tropical West Pacific (TWP) and the Southern Great Plains (SGP) and compare these observations to model forecast data. Two time periods will be analyzed March 2000 for the SGP and October 2004 for both TWP and NSA. The Microbase data have been averaged to 35 pressure levels (e.g., from 1000hPa to 100hPa at 25hPa increments) and time averaged to 3hourly data for direct comparison to our model output.

• Research Organization: DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: UCRL-TR-224648
• OSTI ID: 948099
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM/P-06-017
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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