Recent updates in the aerosol model of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) of the ECMWF and their impact on skill scores


Samuel Remy1, Olivier Boucher2, Zak Kipling3, Josué Bock4, Pierre Nabat5, Martine Michou4, Vincent Huijnen6, Melanie Ades3, Johannes Flemming3 and Richard J Engelen3, (1)CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France, (2)Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France, (3)European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading, United Kingdom, (4)Météo-France Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 01, France, (5)METEO FRANCE/CNRM, Toulouse, France, (6)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands