A simulator for the CLARA-A2 cloud climate data record and its application to assess EC-Earth polar cloudiness

Eliasson, Salomon; Karlsson, Karl-Göran; Willén, Ulrika

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-297-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-297-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-297-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 1

Methods for assessment of models

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29 Jan 2020

Methods for assessment of models |

| 29 Jan 2020

A simulator for the CLARA-A2 cloud climate data record and its application to assess EC-Earth polar cloudiness

Salomon Eliasson, Karl-Göran Karlsson, and Ulrika Willén

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Nice manuscript, only minor comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer 1', Salomon Eliasson, 18 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of CLARA-A2 simulator', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Salomon Eliasson, 01 Nov 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (03 Dec 2019) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (09 Dec 2019) by Klaus Gierens

AR by Salomon Eliasson on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper describes a new satellite simulator. Its purpose is to simulate the CLARA-A2 climate data record from a climate model atmosphere. We explain how the simulator takes into account the regionally variable cloud detection skill of the observations. The simulator makes use of the long/lat-gridded validation between CLARA-A2 and the CALIOP satellite-borne lidar dataset. Using the EC-Earth climate model, we show a sizable impact on climate model validation, especially at high latitudes.