WMO international cloud modeling workshop

The Seventh World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Cloud Modeling Workshop was held on 14-17 July, 2008 at Mexico. About 50 scientists from a dozen nations met to assess the state of cloud modeling, identify key gaps in the ability of models to represent clouds, and suggested potential pathways for model improvement. The breakout sessions consisted of investigations into mixed-phase clouds, deep convection, and cloud chemistry. Researchers were encouraged to stimulate one or more cases and to share the results for discussion. The primary focus of this workshop case was storm and cold pool initiation and morphology and a model's ability to develop the trailing stratiform rain region. Some participants compared their simulated microphysics species to those retrieved from the National Center for Atmospheric Research's S-band dual-polarization Doppler radar.