A comparison of model short-range forecasts and the ARM Microbase data

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 Pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hnilo, J J
Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2006
Subjects:
Pressure Dependence
Atmospheric Chemistry
Water
54 Environmental Sciences
Comparative Evaluations
Climate Models
Forecasting
Pacific
north slope
Alaska
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2172/929188
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc896529/
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Summary: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.

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