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Identification of error sources in convective planetary boundary layer cloud forecasts using SIRTA observations
Author(s) -
Mathieu A.,
Piriou J.M.,
Haeffelin M.,
Drobinski P.,
Vinit F.,
Bouyssel F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2006gl026001
Subject(s) - convection , meteorology , cloud computing , boundary layer , planetary boundary layer , relative humidity , environmental science , convective boundary layer , geology , atmospheric sciences , mechanics , physics , computer science , operating system
In this study, errors in cloud base height predicted by two numerical weather prediction models is evaluated using observations from the French instrumented site SIRTA. Results show that a significant portion of the error is due to errors in predicted surface relative humidity. These errors are in turn thought to be caused by the convection schemes.