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Research article
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12 Dec 2018
Research article |
| 12 Dec 2018
| 12 Dec 2018
Comparing ERA-Interim clouds with satellite observations using a simplified satellite simulator
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Cornelia Schlundt
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Stefan Stapelberg
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Oliver Sus
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
Salomon Eliasson
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Ulrika Willén
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Jan Fokke Meirink
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
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We present a new approach to evaluate ERA-Interim reanalysis clouds using satellite observations. A simplified satellite simulator was developed that uses reanalysis fields to emulate clouds as they would have been seen by those satellite sensors which were used to compose Cloud_cci observational cloud datasets. Our study facilitates an adequate evaluation of modelled ERA-Interim clouds using observational datasets, also taking into account systematic uncertainties in the observations.
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