4.10 The Ability of Mesoscale Models to Predict Vertical Profiles

摘要

In the manuscript it is argued that examination of model performance should be based on profiles and that the traditional evaluation based on surface measurements at one level easily can be misleading. A model can perform very well near the surface, suggesting good performance, but poorly at 100 meters. When comparing model results and measurements, it is important to emphasize that excellent model performance does not require an excellent match with measurements. The representativeness of the measurements should be taken into account. These points are discussed and argued in the manuscript with examples drawn from a recent model evaluation effort.