Verification of numerical modeling of atmospheric dynamics using the measurements of radar reflectivity

Numerical modeling is one of the main research tools in modern atmospheric physics. The complexity of the verification of modeling is related to the probabilistic nature of the atmospheric processes under study. We define the quality of modeling as the accuracy of describing the general dynamics, and not as the equality of measured and modeled physical quantities at any specific time moment. The paper proposes a verification method based on comparing the measured and modeled spatial distribution of radar reflectivity. The method is applied to compare the quality of modeling with different microphysical schemes for the mountainous region.