Model simulation and remote-sensing products using a forward-modeling framework consistent with the microphysical assumptions used in the atmospheric CR-SIM allows for direct comparison between an atmospheric Zenith-pointing, and scanning radar observables and multisensor (radar and lidar) products. This paper introduces the Cloud-resolving model Radar SIMulator (CR-SIM), which uses output from high-resolution cloud-resolving models (CRMs) to emulate multiwavelength,
Strategies to best use these observations to understand these properties and evaluate weather and climate models.
Ground-based observatories use multisensor observations to characterize cloud and precipitation properties.
