GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI)
courtesy of Cécile Hannay
GPCI is a working group of the GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS)
The goal of GPCI is to evaluate climate and weather prediction models in the tropics and sub-tropics, making use of satellite observations. The focus will be on the physics of climate models, including clouds, turbulence, convection and radiation.
Models and observations are analyzed along a Pacific Cross-section from the stratocumulus regions off the coast of California, across the shallow cumulus areas, to the deep convection regions of the ITCZ.
Motivation-Background-Required Output
Participating Models
The following organizations are contributing with model data to GPCI (Nov.05):
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)
- UKMO Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (Hadley)
- Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
- Meteo France (MF)
- Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
- German Weather Service (DWD)
- European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
- National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Joint workshop at NASA/GISS in New York City from 18 to 21 September 2006.
Program http://www.knmi.nl/samenw/rico/agenda_RICO-GPCI.html
GCSS Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI): Overview of GPCI
GCSS Athens 2005 Meeting - Preliminary Intercomparison
GCSS_Pacific_CrossSection.pdf (poster)
Individual Model Results
Observations
Pacific Cross-Section DIME data at GISS
Eurocs page
http://www.knmi.nl/samenw/eurocs/
For more information contact the GPCI coordinator: Joao Teixeira teixeira@nurc.nato.int