UCAR Outstanding Publication Award
Winner
Recipient(s)
Juanzhen Jenny Sun and N. Andrew Crook
Award Year
2001
Award Type
internal
Awarding Organization or Entity
UCAR
Dynamical and Microphysical Retrieval from Doppler Radar Observations Using a Cloud Model and Its Adjoint. Part 1 and 2
Juanzhen Jenny Sun (RAL/MMM) and N. Andrew Crook (RAL/MMM)
The papers make an important contribution to atmospheric science by presenting a new method for improving 0-12 hour forecasts and, in so doing, advancing the scientific understanding of convection. They also break new ground in assimilating Doppler radar data into a cloud-scale model, providing the potential for significantly improving initial conditions in the model.