Meso-NH database for C²OMODO
Mesoscale non-hydrostatic model
Scientific context
C²OMODO (Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics) is a CNES space project, a tandem of radiometers that will be launched in March 2030, as part of the AOS-storm (Atmosphere Observing System) mission of NASA, CNES and JAXA. Its aim is to find the mass flux and vertical velocity in convective cores. In order to develop inversion algorithms, it is necessary to have a database linking C2OMODOR observations and atmospheric profiles. Simulations of deep convection situations are thus carried out using the Meso-NH community code and the RTTOV satellite observation emulator.
Description of the database
These are simulation outputs with a horizontal resolution of 200 m, including atmospheric profiles (air speed, temperature, pressure, water content in vapour, liquid and solid form) and synthetic C2OMODOR (11 microwave channels at t and t+1 min) and radar (JAXA) observations.
How to use the database
- developing inversion algorithms for C²OMODO
- Explore relationships between vertical dynamics and ice cover
- study the life cycle of deep convection
Contact : PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Jean-Pierre Chaboureau jean-pierre.chaboureau@univ-tlse3.fr
