Abstract
The Cloudnet project aims to provide a systematic evaluation of clouds in forecast and climate models by comparing the model output with continuous ground-based observations of the vertical profiles of cloud properties. In the models, the properties of clouds are simplified and expressed in terms of the fraction of the model grid box, which is filled with cloud, together with the liquid and ice water content of the clouds. These models must get the clouds right if they are to correctly represent both their radiative properties and their key role in the production of precipitation, but there are few observations of the vertical profiles of the cloud properties that show whether or not they are successful. Cloud…
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- Cloud computing
- Environmental science
- Liquid water content
- Meteorology
- Cloud fraction
- Grid
- Precipitation
- Climate model
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Climate action
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