COSP is the Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) Observation Simulator Package.

This is a fork of CFMIP/COSPv1 for use with the Automatic Lidar and Ceilometer Framework (ALCF). It includes support for a surface lidar and additional lidar wavelengths: 532 nm, 910 nm and 1064 nm.

Known issues:

• No precipitation or aerosol simulation (not present in COSPv1).

Additional COSP configuration options:

• surface_lidar – Surface lidar switch (1 – surface, 0 – spaceborne)
• lidar_wavelength – Lidar wavelength (nm)

See the original README for more information.

• Radar scheme information is not printed to prevent output clutter.

• CMOR dependencies removed to simplify installation.