First off, thank you so much for providing the code—it has been incredibly helpful! I have adapted the code to work with an ICON simulation instead of WRF. However, I have come across a few definitions/calculations in the rttov_wrf.py file where I have some questions. I would be very grateful if you could add some clarification:
Line 52:
surface_altitude = 0.49 # in kilometres
Surface altitude of what? The topography? Wouldn't that be a 2dim array specific for each lon-lat point?
What if I am looking over the ocean, would Stratus Maritime STMA then not be equal to zero? So zero where land and non-zero where ocean, and for STCO vice versa?
Are you assuming the effective diameter? If I have the number concentrations I could calculate this per grid cell instead, of assuming it for every cell, correct?
Hi,
First off, thank you so much for providing the code—it has been incredibly helpful! I have adapted the code to work with an ICON simulation instead of WRF. However, I have come across a few definitions/calculations in the
rttov_wrf.py
file where I have some questions. I would be very grateful if you could add some clarification:Line 52:
Surface altitude of what? The topography? Wouldn't that be a 2dim array specific for each lon-lat point?
Lines 56 to 57:
And Lines 177 to 182:
Same question, shouldn't these be calculated for every lon-lat point instead of being expanded and the same for every point?
Lines 161 to 166:
What if I am looking over the ocean, would Stratus Maritime STMA then not be equal to zero? So zero where land and non-zero where ocean, and for STCO vice versa?
Line 171:
Are you assuming the effective diameter? If I have the number concentrations I could calculate this per grid cell instead, of assuming it for every cell, correct?
Thank you very much in advance!
Cornelis