An evaluation of microphysics in a numerical model using Doppler velocity measured by ground-based radar for application to the EarthCARE satellite

Roh, Woosub; Satoh, Masaki; Hagihara, Yuichiro; Horie, Hiroaki; Ohno, Yuichi; Kubuta, Takuji

doi:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1997

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“…In particular, the development of an EarthCARE end-to-end simulator and suitable test scenes was required. Furthermore, an aerosol model as a basis for aerosol typing was developed and a study was carried out to inter-compare the microphys- Hashino et al (2013Hashino et al ( , 2016) Generation of simulated observation using Joint-Simulator Roh et al (2023) ical assumptions used in the cloud retrievals in the different frequency/wavelength domains applicable to EarthCARE observations. To this end, the EarthCARE end-to-end simulator (E3SIM) has been developed to simulate EarthCARE observations and provide a development and test environment for L1 and L2 processors (Eisinger et al, 2023).…”

Section: Level 2 Retrievals' Supporting Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

The EarthCARE mission – science and system overview

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Kubota,

Tzeremes

et al. 2023

Atmos. Meas. Tech.

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Abstract. The Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) is a satellite mission implemented by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to measure global profiles of aerosols, clouds and precipitation properties together with radiative fluxes and derived heating rates. The simultaneous measurements of the vertical structure and horizontal distribution of cloud and aerosol fields, together with outgoing radiation, will be used in particular to evaluate their representation in weather forecasting and climate models and to improve our understanding of cloud and aerosol radiative impact and feedback mechanisms. To achieve the objective, the goal is that a retrieved scene with footprint size of 10 km × 10 km is measured with sufficiently high resolution that the atmospheric vertical profile of short-wave (solar) and long-wave (thermal) flux can be reconstructed with an accuracy of 10 W m−2 at the top of the atmosphere. To optimise the performance of the two active instruments, the platform will fly at a relatively low altitude of 393 km, with an equatorial revisit time of 25 d. The scientific payload consists of four instruments: an atmospheric lidar, a cloud-profiling radar with Doppler capability, a multi-spectral imager and a broadband radiometer. Co-located measurements from these instruments are processed in the ground segment, which produces and distributes a wide range of science data products. As well as the Level 1 (L1) product of each instrument, a large number of multiple-instrument L2 products have been developed, in both Europe and Japan, benefiting from the data synergy. An end-to-end simulator and several test scenes have been developed that simulate EarthCARE observations and provide a development and test environment for L1 and L2 processors. Within this paper the EarthCARE observational requirements are addressed. An overview is given of the space segment with a detailed description of the four science instruments, demonstrating how the observational requirements will be met. Furthermore, the elements of the space segment and ground segment that are relevant for science data users are described and the data products are introduced.

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confidence: 99%