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Convection-Permitting Forecasts Initialized with Continuously Cycling Limited-Area 3DVAR, Ensemble Kalman Filter, and “Hybrid” Variational–Ensemble Data Assimilation Systems
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: nalyses with 20-km horizontal grid spacing were produced from parallel continuously cycling three-dimensional variational (3DVAR), ensemble square root Kalman filter (EnSRF), and ?hybrid? variational?ensemble data assimilation ...
Sensitivity of Limited-Area Hybrid Variational-Ensemble Analyses and Forecasts to Ensemble Perturbation Resolution
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ual-resolution (DR) hybrid variational-ensemble analysis capability was implemented within the community Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model data assimilation (DA) system, which is designed for limited-area ...
Impact of Assimilating Microwave Radiances with a Limited-Area Ensemble Data Assimilation System on Forecasts of Typhoon Morakot
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: wo parallel experiments were designed to evaluate whether assimilating microwave radiances with a cyclic, limited-area ensemble adjustment Kalman filter (EAKF) could improve track, intensity, and precipitation forecasts ...
Impact of Assimilating AMSU-A Radiances on Forecasts of 2008 Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Initialized with a Limited-Area Ensemble Kalman Filter
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he impact of assimilating radiance observations from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) on forecasts of several tropical cyclones (TCs) was studied using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and a ...
Assimilation of Radar Reflectivity via a Full-Hydrometeor Assimilation Scheme Based on the WSM6 Microphysics Scheme in WRF 4D-Var
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Evaluating Forecast Impact of Assimilating Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) Radiances with a Regional Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation System
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: his study examines the impact of assimilating Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) radiances in a limited-area ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) data assimilation system. Two experiments spanning 11 August?13 September 2008 were ...
Variational Bias Correction of TAMDAR Temperature Observations in the WRF Data Assimilation System
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractA variational bias correction (VarBC) scheme is developed and tested using regional Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data Assimilation (WRFDA) to correct systematic errors in aircraft-based measurements of ...
Comparing Limited-Area 3DVAR and Hybrid Variational-Ensemble Data Assimilation Methods for Typhoon Track Forecasts: Sensitivity to Outer Loops and Vortex Relocation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) ?hybrid? variational-ensemble data assimilation (DA) algorithm was used to initialize WRF model forecasts of three tropical cyclones (TCs). The hybrid-initialized forecasts ...
Two Overlooked Biases of the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) Model in Geopotential Height and Temperature
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he authors have discovered two sizeable biases in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model: a negative bias in geopotential and a warm bias in temperature, appearing both in the initial condition and the forecast. ...
A Method for Probability Matching Based on the Ensemble Maximum for Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts
Publisher: American Meteorological Society