articleBulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyApr 29, 2011BRONZE OA

COSP: Satellite simulation software for model assessment

ABAlejandro Bodas‐SalcedoMJMark J. WebbSBSandrine BonyHCHélène ChepferJDJean‐Louis Dufresne

Met Office · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · +7 more institutions

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Abstract

Errors in the simulation of clouds in general circulation models (GCMs) remain a long-standing issue in climate projections, as discussed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. This highlights the need for developing new analysis techniques to improve our knowledge of the physical processes at the root of these errors. The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) pursues this objective, and under that framework the CFMIP Observation Simulator Package (COSP) has been developed. COSP is a flexible software tool that enables the simulation of several satellite-borne active and passive sensor observations from model variables. The flexibility of COSP and a…

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  • Climate model
  • Flexibility (engineering)
  • Computer science
  • Cloud computing
  • Satellite
  • Environmental science
  • Climate change
  • Meteorology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Climate action
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