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A SCALE-DEPENDENT Blending Scheme For Wrfda: Impact On Regional Weather Forecasting

Abstract

Due to limitation of the domain size and limited observations used in regional data assimilation and forecasting systems, regional forecasts suffer a general deficiency in effectively representing large-scale features such as those in global analyses and forecasts. In this paper, a scale-dependent blending scheme using a low-pass Raymond tangent implicit filter was implemented in the Data Assimilation system of the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRFDA) to reintroduce large-scale weather features from global model analysis into the WRFDA analysis. The impact of the blending method on regional forecasts was assessed by conducting full cycle data assimilation and forecasting experiments for a 2-week-long period in September 2012. It is found that there are obvious large-scale forecast errors in the regional WRFDA system running in full cycle mode without the blending scheme. The scale-dependent blending scheme can efficiently reintroduce the large-scale information from National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecast System (GFS) analyses, and keep small-scale information from WRF analyses. The blending scheme is shown to reduce analysis and forecasting error of wind, temperature and humidity up to 24 h compared to the full cycle experiments without blending. It is also shown to increase precipitation prediction skills in the first 6 h forecasts.

Article / Publication Data
Active/Online
YES
Volume
7
Available Metadata
Accepted On
July 21, 2014
DOI ↗
Fiscal Year
Peer Reviewed
YES
Publication Name
Geoscientific Model Development
Published On
August 28, 2014
Final Online Publication On
September 01, 2014
Publisher Name
European Geosciences Union
Print Volume
7
Print Number
4
Page Range
1819-1828
Issue
4
Submitted On
March 10, 2014
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Author

Authors who have authored or contributed to this publication.

  • Hongli Wang - lead Gsl
    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
    NOAA/Global Systems Laboratory