The Earth Model Column Collaboratory (EMC2)#
To faciliate direct observational-model evaluations, we will utilize the EMC2, which is an open-source ground- and satellite-based lidar and radar instrument simulator and subcolumn generator. While it specifically targets large-scale model outputs (e.g., climate models), EMC2 is also applicable to high-resolution model output (e.g., LES). More information about EMC2 may be found in Silber et al., 2022.
An example application of EMC2 using LES outputs from the COMBLE-MIP case to simulate the Ka-band ARM Zenith Radar (KAZR) and micropulse lidar (MPL), which were deployed at the AMF1 site at Andenes, Norway, may be found in Fig. 2 below.
EMC2 can also be applied to the COMBLE-MIP LES outputs to simulate satellite-based CALIOP attenuated backscatter (Fig. 3).
For the COMBLE-MIP, we will apply EMC2 to participants’ LES output fields. More details to come regarding which 3D output fields are required.