Evaluating the impact of the GPS-Radio occultation data on...
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Evaluating the impact of the GPS-Radio occultation data on regional data assimilation
Shu-Chih Yang,
Chih-Chien Chang, Zih-Mao Huang and Ching-Yung Huang
Dept. of Atmospheric sciences, National Central University
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Impact of RO with a regional assimilation system
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TPW w/o RO TPW w/ RO
Rainfall w/o RO Rainfall w/ RO 24-h ACC Rainfall
A regional assimilation based on WRF-Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter has been used to investigate RO’s impact.
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1. Impact of F7/C2 RO data on heavy precipitation prediction
2. Impact of GPS-RO with a regional hybrid assimilation system
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Impact of F7/C2 RO on heavy precipitation prediction
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Motivation
• FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC-1 has a great impact on severe weather prediction
– TC prediction (genesis, track, intensity, Kuo et al. 2015, Liu et al. 2012, Huang et al. 2010, Chen et al. 2009).
– The Mei-Yu related heavy precipitation prediction (moisture transport, Yang et al. 2014, Tu et al. 2014).
• Investigating the impact of FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 RO on severe weather prediction in Taiwan
– F7/C2 has 6 satellites in low-inclination orbits and 6 satellites in high-inclination orbits
– Additional impact from tropical constellation?
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Experiment setup
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Phase I (491, low inclination)
Phase II (435, high inclination) Exps Observations
CTRL N/A
GTS GTS only
PH1 GTS+Phase I
PH2 GTS+Phase II
F7 GTS+Phase I+Phase II
• OSSE • Natural run is generated by MM5 • RO locations are generated by the ray tracing model
(Chen et al. 2006) • Regional assimilation system: NCU WRF-LETKF • DA cycles: 0608 0000UTC- 0610 0000UTC
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6-h LETKF analysis cycling 3-day fcst
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WRF Spin-up
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Total precipitable water analysis
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F7 GTS
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Rainfall accumulation 2012061006~2012061106
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F7 PHASE I GTS PHASE II
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Rainfall accumulation 2012061106~2012061206
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F7 PHASE I GTS PHASE II
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RO data helps to maintain the rainfall prediction skill at longer forecast range
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Both PHASE I and PHASE II show great benefit at longer forecast range
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Short summary
• Assimilation of F7/C2 RO data provides a better upstream moisture condition, improving the rainfall prediction skill at longer forecast range.
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Impact of GPS-RO with a regional hybrid assimilation system
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Background and motivations
• The hybrid data assimilation combines the advantages of VAR and EnKF
• In comparison with the covariance-hybrid scheme (Lorenc, 2003, Wang et al. 2007), the Gain hybrid DA (Penny, 2014) has the potential to better use the advantage of EnKF.
– Bonivata et al. (2015) shows that HG-DA in ECMWF is comparable to its operational model without tuning.
• This study aims to establish a regional HG-DA system with WRF 3DVAR and WRF-LETKF systems and investigates whether the HG-DA is able to provide more accurate analysis.
• Can RO observations provide more positive impacts on QV and temperature fields with the HG-DA and improve severe whether prediction?
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Regional Gain-Hybrid assimilation system
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LETKF
VAR Analysis of Hybrid DA
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dynamical error mode corrections
Statistical-average error mode correction
Nature error mode
Dynamical error mode
3DVar Error mode
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Experimental setting
• Observation simulation system experiment (OSSE)
• Observation: GTS (Sounding, Synop, Ship, Airep) and GPS RO refractivity
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AIREP ┼ SOUND ◇ SYNOP △ SHIP ✽ GPS RO Refractivity
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Spin-up Forecast
6-h DA cycling
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Hurricane Helene (Sep. 2006)
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Correction from single RO profile
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VAR LETKF HYB
• LETKF provides flow-dependent corrections.
• When the BLETKF is less reliable, BVAR plays an important role to mitigate the negative impact.
• Cross-variable correlation allows LETKF/HYB better corrects hurricane-associated winds.
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Results from cycling run
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RMSE U RMSE Temp RMSE Qv
• LETKF generally provides more accurate analysis that the VAR analysis. • HYB shows large improvement in the dynamical field, mid-level temperature
and low-mid level moisture.
Analysis at 1200 UTC June 15
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Impact of GPS RO on Qv at 850hPa
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RO impact with HYB RO impact with LETKF
RO impact with VAR RO impact= RMSEW/ RO – RMSEW/O RO Negative: RO has larger positive impact
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Impact of RO
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Improvement with GPS-RO data (negative: improve)
The hybrid system helps better use the RO data, especially in the mid-low atmosphere.
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Short summary
• An advanced data assimilation system that combines the advantages of VAR and EnKF can improve the effectiveness of RO assimilation.
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