The Characteristics of Key Analysis Errors. Part II: The Importance of the PV Corrections and the Impact of BalanceSource: Monthly Weather Review:;2007:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 002::page 267DOI: 10.1175/MWR3286.1Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This study examines a few approaches to isolate the balanced component of the initial corrections from the Canadian Meteorological Centre energy-norm-based key analysis error algorithm, in an attempt to capture the part of the key analysis errors responsible for short-range forecast errors. The best results were obtained with the nonlinear balance potential vorticity (PV) inversion technique. It was shown that the PV component of the initial corrections contains the essential information for reducing short-range forecast errors. The remaining imbalance part of the initial corrections does not grow in time and does not contribute to the improvement of the forecast. The removal of the imbalance part of the initial corrections makes the corrected analysis slightly closer to the observations, but remains systematically farther away as compared with the original analysis. Thus the balanced part of the key analysis errors cannot justifiably be associated to analysis errors. A methodology to balance the divergent part of the initial corrections, which reduces significantly the spinup in the vertical motion corrections, is also presented. Finally, in light of the results presented in this paper, some recommendations to improve the key analysis error algorithm are proposed.
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contributor author | Caron, Jean-François | |
contributor author | Yau, M. K. | |
contributor author | Laroche, Stéphane | |
contributor author | Zwack, Peter | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:28:13Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T17:28:13Z | |
date copyright | 2007/02/01 | |
date issued | 2007 | |
identifier issn | 0027-0644 | |
identifier other | ams-85833.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4229324 | |
description abstract | This study examines a few approaches to isolate the balanced component of the initial corrections from the Canadian Meteorological Centre energy-norm-based key analysis error algorithm, in an attempt to capture the part of the key analysis errors responsible for short-range forecast errors. The best results were obtained with the nonlinear balance potential vorticity (PV) inversion technique. It was shown that the PV component of the initial corrections contains the essential information for reducing short-range forecast errors. The remaining imbalance part of the initial corrections does not grow in time and does not contribute to the improvement of the forecast. The removal of the imbalance part of the initial corrections makes the corrected analysis slightly closer to the observations, but remains systematically farther away as compared with the original analysis. Thus the balanced part of the key analysis errors cannot justifiably be associated to analysis errors. A methodology to balance the divergent part of the initial corrections, which reduces significantly the spinup in the vertical motion corrections, is also presented. Finally, in light of the results presented in this paper, some recommendations to improve the key analysis error algorithm are proposed. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | The Characteristics of Key Analysis Errors. Part II: The Importance of the PV Corrections and the Impact of Balance | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 135 | |
journal issue | 2 | |
journal title | Monthly Weather Review | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/MWR3286.1 | |
journal fristpage | 267 | |
journal lastpage | 280 | |
tree | Monthly Weather Review:;2007:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 002 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |