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<br />Table 3. - Recommended input and verification data <br />for model verification experiment <br /> <br />Data Type <br /> <br />Source <br /> <br />Vertical structure of the <br />atmosphere <br /> <br />Rawinsonde information on temperature, water <br />vapor and winds. Location and time should be <br />provided and serial soundings giving time <br />evolution are desired <br /> <br />Large scale flow fields <br /> <br />Synoptic and smaller scale flow charts <br /> <br />Boundary layer conditions <br /> <br />Temperatur,e, moi sture and especi ally wi nd <br />fields (for information on low level <br />convergence) from surface maps or special <br />mesonetworlks <br /> <br />Surface heat and moisture <br />fluxes <br /> <br />Could be estimated from serial rawinsondes <br /> <br />Nucleus concentrations <br /> <br />Both cloud condensation nuclei and ice-forming <br />nuclei counters or cloud base droplet <br />concentrations <br /> <br />Topography <br /> <br />Topographic maps, as appropriate <br /> <br />Precipitation <br /> <br />Rate, as a function of time, accumulation, <br />type (rain, hail, etc.), pattern <br /> <br />Cloud properties <br /> <br />Measured or inferred cloud base, height, <br />diameter. Information on the variations in <br />the above in the form of a cloud population <br />is desirab'le <br /> <br />Microphysical and dynamical <br />properties of clouds <br /> <br />Aircraft measurements at known times and <br />places, radar and Doppler radar measurements <br /> <br />Satellite data <br /> <br />Satellite pictures and information on cloud <br />temperaturl:! <br /> <br />25. <br />