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Machine learning for improvement of upper-tropospheric relative humidity in ERA5 weather model data
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, 55128, Germany
Luca Bugliaro
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Germany
Klaus Gierens
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Germany
Michaela I. Hegglin
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems 4 – Stratosphere (ICE-4), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6ET, UK
Susanne Rohs
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems 3 – Troposphere (ICE-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Andreas Petzold
Institute of Climate and Energy Systems 3 – Troposphere (ICE-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, 52428, Germany
Stefan Kaufmann
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Germany
Christiane Voigt
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234, Germany
Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, 55128, Germany
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- Variability of ice supersaturated regions at flight altitudes: evaluation of ERA5 reanalysis using IAGOS in situ measurements K. Hildebrandt et al.
- Reduced contrail radiative effect for fleets with low soot and water vapour emissions M. Rubin-Zuzic et al.
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Short summary
Upper-tropospheric relative humidity bias in the ERA5 weather model is corrected by 10 % by an artificial neural network using aircraft in-service humidity data and thermodynamic and dynamical variables. The improved skills of the weather model will advance cirrus research, weather forecasts, and measures for contrail reduction.
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