Investigation of the influence of new active remote sensing instruments on numerical weather prediction models

• Applicant: Dr. Andreas Dörnbrack
• Subject Area: Atmospheric Science
• Term: from 2004 to 2011
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5427048

Lidar measurements of highly resolved water vapour and wind fields have been performed by DLR along extended flights in recent international field campaigns. In this project, these data will be processed, analysed and prepared for use in numerical simulations. In the first phase, selected case studies combining the data and numerical simulations will be performed to characterise the tropospheric water vapour distribution in the convective boundary layer and in the upper troposphere. Strategies are developed how lidar observations of water vapour and wind can be utilised to improve the quantitative precipitation forecast. In the second phase (years 3+) targeted lidar measurements will be performed in the field phase of the priority programme "QPF".

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1167: Quantitative Precipitation Forecast PQP (Praecipitationis Quantitativae Praedictio)
• Participating Persons: Professor Dr. George Craig; Dr. Martin Wirth