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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-577-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-577-2020
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Research article
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19 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 19 Oct 2020
| 19 Oct 2020
Vertical cloud structure of warm conveyor belts – a comparison and evaluation of ERA5 reanalysis, CloudSat and CALIPSO data
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Maxi Boettcher
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Hanna Joos
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Sprenger
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Heini Wernli
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Short summary
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are important cloud- and
precipitation-producing airstreams in extratropical cyclones. By combining satellite observations with model data from a new reanalysis dataset, this study provides detailed observational insight into the vertical cloud structure of WCBs. We find that the reanalyses essentially capture the observed cloud pattern, but the observations reveal mesoscale structures not resolved by the temporally and spatially much coarser-resolution model data.
Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are important cloud- and
precipitation-producing airstreams in...
