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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3627-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3627-2017
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Research article
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05 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 05 Oct 2017
Analysis and evaluation of WRF microphysical schemes for deep moist convection over south-eastern South America (SESA) using microwave satellite observations and radiative transfer simulations
Victoria Sol Galligani
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Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmófera (CIMA), Instituto Franco Argentino sobre Estudios de Clima y sus Impactos (UMI IFAECI)/CNRS, CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Die Wang
Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
Milagros Alvarez Imaz
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmófera (CIMA), Instituto Franco Argentino sobre Estudios de Clima y sus Impactos (UMI IFAECI)/CNRS, CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paola Salio
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmófera (CIMA), Instituto Franco Argentino sobre Estudios de Clima y sus Impactos (UMI IFAECI)/CNRS, CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Catherine Prigent
Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique (LERMA), CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
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- Satellite-Based Assessment of Various Cloud Microphysics Schemes in Simulating Typhoon Hydrometeors Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3168478
- Representing Cloud Water Content of Extensive Cloud Systems Over Land Using Satellite‐Based Passive Microwave Observations With a Coupled Land and Atmosphere Assimilation Method R. Seto et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028864
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- Considering Various Multimoment Bulk Microphysics Schemes for Simulation of Passive Microwave Radiative Signatures J. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3148404
- Cloud resolving simulation of extremely heavy rainfall event over Kerala in August 2018 – Sensitivity to microphysics and aerosol feedback B. Thomas et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105613
- Representing Precipitation Ice Species With Both Spherical and Nonspherical Particles for Radiative Transfer Modeling of Microphysics‐Consistent Cloud Microwave Scattering Properties S. Sieron et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001226
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Short summary
Three meteorological events with deep convection and severe weather, characteristic of the SESA region, are considered. High-resolution models, a powerful tool to study convection, can be operated with different microphysics schemes (predict the development of hydrometeors, their interactions, growth, precipitation). We present a systematic evaluation of the microphysical schemes available in the WRF model by a direct comparison between satellite-based simulated and observed microwave radiances.
Three meteorological events with deep convection and severe weather, characteristic of the SESA...
