Medicane Ianos: 4D-Var Data Assimilation of Surface and Satellite Observations into the Numerical Weather Prediction Model WRF

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作者
Vourlioti, Paraskevi [1 ]
Mamouka, Theano [1 ]
Agrafiotis, Apostolos [1 ]
Kotsopoulos, Stylianos [1 ]
机构
[1] AgroApps, Meteorol Dept, Korytsas 34, Thessaloniki 54655, Greece
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
medicane; WRF; IMERG; MADIS; 4D-Var; ENKF;
D O I
10.3390/atmos13101683
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This work investigates extreme weather events such as the onset of medicanes, which can cause severe socioeconomic impacts, along with their predictability. In order to accurately forecast such events, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and its state-of-the-art data assimilation modeling framework (WRFDA) were set up to produce high-resolution forecasts for the case study of Medicane Ianos, which affected Greece between 17 and 19 September 2020. Information from weather stations and the satellite precipitation product IMERG was blended with the background model information from the Global Forecast System (GFS) using the 4D variational data assimilation (4D-Var) technique. New fields in an 18 km spatial resolution domain covering Europe were generated and utilized as improved initial conditions for the forecast model. Forecasts were issued based on these improved initial conditions at two nested domains of 6 km and 2 km spatial resolution, with the 2 km domain enclosing Greece. Denial experiments, where no observational data were assimilated in the initial boundary conditions, showed that the temperature fields benefited throughout the forecasting horizon from the assimilation (ranging from a 5 to 10% reduction in the average MAE values), while neutral to slightly positive (ranging from a 0.4 to 2% reduction in the average MAE values) improvement was found for wind, although not throughout the forecast horizon. The increase in spatial resolution did not significantly reduce the forecast error, but was kept at the same small order of magnitude. A tendency of the model to overpredict precipitation regardless of assimilation was observed. The assimilation of the IMERG data improved the precipitation forecasting ability up to the 18th hour of forecast. When compared to assimilation experiments that excluded IMERG data, the assimilation of IMERG data produced a better representation of the spatial distribution of the precipitation fields.
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