Configuration files and input data used for radar simulations described in "The Cloud Resolving Model Radar Simulator (CR-SIM) Version 3.2: Description and Applications of a Virtual Observatory"

Authors

Mariko Oue, SoMASFollow
Toshihisa Matsui, NASAFollow
Pavlos Kollias, SoMASFollow

Document Type

Research Data

Publication Date

8-12-2019

Abstract

Ground-based observatories use multi-sensor observations to characterize cloud and precipitation properties. A challenge is how to design strategies to best use these observations to understand the atmosphere and evaluate atmospheric numerical prediction models. We have developed the Cloud resolving model Radar SIMulator (CR-SIM), which uses output from high-resolution atmospheric models to emulate multi-wavelength, zenith-pointing, and scanning radar observables and multi-sensor (multi-radar and radar-lidar) integrated products. Here, we publish configuration files used for radar simulations using CR-SIM and atmospheric simulation outputs from the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model, which were used as inputs for the radar simulations.

Comments

Details of the radar simulations and input model data are described in Oue, M., Kollias, P., Shapiro, A., Tatarevic, A., and Matsui, T.: Investigation of observational error sources in multi-Doppler-radar three-dimensional variational vertical air motion retrievals, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1999-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1999-2019, 2019.

Creative Commons License

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Recommended Citation

Oue, Mariko; Matsui, Toshihisa; and Kollias, Pavlos, "Configuration files and input data used for radar simulations described in "The Cloud Resolving Model Radar Simulator (CR-SIM) Version 3.2: Description and Applications of a Virtual Observatory"" (2019). SoMAS Research Data. 3.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/somasdata/3