Janus Research Group, LLC
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EVALUATION OF HAIL MELT PARAMETERIZATION USING SATELLITE DETECTION-COCORAHS OBSERVATION PAIRS. COCORAHS OBSERVATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIZE OBSERVED OR SHOULD NOTE THAT NO HAIL WAS OBSERVED AT ALL. AER WILL START WITH EXISTING SATELLITE-OBSERVATION PAIRS AND INCLUDE ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AS THEY COME ONLINE. SEARCH FOR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MODELED MAX HAIL SIZE ALOFT WITH TB DEPRESSION. LOOK FOR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE/MOISTURE PROFILE AND THE MINIMUM OBSERVED HAIL SIZE AND THE ENSEMBLE OF TOTAL MODELED HAIL MELT. USE THE INFORMATION GLEANED FROM THE PREVIOUS 4 STEPS AND MAKE AN ENSEMBLE-BASED MELTING ALGORITHM TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SATELLITE-BASED HAIL DETECTION ALGORITHM. TEST THE RESULTING ALGORITHM ON THE OBSERVATION-DETECTION PAIRS GATHERED IN YEAR 3 (AND HENCE INDEPENDENT OF THE ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.)