On Thursday, August 7, at 2:00 pm MT, join NSF NCAR’s Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) and Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) for a joint seminar. The talk is entitled "Evaluating Cloud Microphysical Parameterizations in Tropical Cyclones with Polarimetric Radio Occultation."
The presentation will discuss a novel radio occultation (RO) technique, polarimetric RO (PRO), which measures differential polarimetric phase shift and traditional RO products. PRO observations are linked to the vertical structure of cloud hydrometeors and can evaluate model microphysics parameterizations. Dr. Shu-Ya Chen will compare PRO observations with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) simulations of three typhoon cases, initialized with ERA5 and National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Final Analysis (FNL) global analysis, using five microphysics parameterizations.
This is a hybrid seminar. The in-person component will be held at the NCAR-Foothills Laboratory at 3450 Mitchell Lane, room FL2-1001, Small Seminar Auditorium. Refreshments will be available at 1:45 pm MT. For those attending virtually,
click here for the live webcast. Questions can be asked via Slido. Informal discussions will follow the seminar until 3:30 pm MT.
