Exploiting Satellite Observations in the Development of Global Models

Abstract:

This talk will highlight promising recent directions in the use of satellite observations to inform the development of global weather prediction and climate models. Examples include the development of skill measures that explicitly account for observational uncertainty across the phase space of the observations, the wealth of comparisons made possible by longer records from space-borne lidars and radars, and the use of satellite observations to explore the possible impacts of missing processes such as mesoscale organization of convection.