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Introducing hydrometeor orientation into all-sky microwave and submillimeter assimilation
Vasileios Barlakas
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Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Alan J. Geer
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, UK
Patrick Eriksson
Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Short summary
Oriented nonspherical ice particles induce polarization that is ignored when cloud-sensitive satellite observations are used in numerical weather prediction systems. We present a simple approach for approximating particle orientation, requiring minor adaption of software and no additional calculation burden. With this approach, the system realistically simulates the observed polarization patterns, increasing the physical consistency between instruments with different polarizations.
Oriented nonspherical ice particles induce polarization that is ignored when cloud-sensitive...
