Reaching the lower stratosphere: validating an extended vertical grid for COSMO

Eckstein, J.; Schmitz, S.; Ruhnke, R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1839-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1839-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1839-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 6

Development and technical paper

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23 Jun 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 23 Jun 2015

Reaching the lower stratosphere: validating an extended vertical grid for COSMO

J. Eckstein, S. Schmitz, and R. Ruhnke

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

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RC C51: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Feb 2015
- AC C615: 'Answer to Referee Comment', Johannes Eckstein, 04 May 2015
RC C129: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Mar 2015
- AC C614: 'Answer to Referee Comment', Johannes Eckstein, 04 May 2015
AC C612: 'Reply to Referees Comments', Johannes Eckstein, 04 May 2015

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

AR by Johannes Eckstein on behalf of the Authors (06 May 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 May 2015) by Astrid Kerkweg

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (27 May 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Jun 2015) by Astrid Kerkweg

AR by Johannes Eckstein on behalf of the Authors (01 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

An extended vertical grid, which reaches the lower stratosphere, for the regional atmospheric model COSMO was developed. This extended vertical grid was used in model runs simulating almost a full year. The model output was then validated using temperature and relative humidity measurements taken from synoptic radiosondes. Using this extended vertical grid, the model was found to run stably and produce realistic values.