The Meta-Gaussian Bayesian Processor of Forecasts and Associated Preliminary Experiments

Public weather services are trending toward providing users with probabilistic weather forecasts, in place of traditional deterministic forecasts. Probabilistic forecasting techniques are continually being improved to optimize available forecasting information. The Bayesian Processor of Forecast (BPF), a new statistical method for probabilistic forecast, can transform a deterministic forecast into a probabilistic forecast according to the historical statistical relationship between observations and forecasts generated by that forecasting system. This technique accounts for the typical forecasting performance of a deterministic forecasting system in quantifying the forecast uncertainty. The meta-Gaussian likelihood model is suitable for a variety of stochastic dependence structures with monotone likelihood ratios. The meta-Gaussian BPF adopting this kind of likelihood model can therefore be applied across many fields, including meteorology and hydrology. The Bayes theorem with two continuous random variables and the normal-linear BPF are briefly introduced. The meta-Gaussian BPF for a continuous predictand using a single predictor is then presented and discussed. The performance of the meta-Gaussian BPF is tested in a preliminary experiment. Control forecasts of daily surface temperature at 0000 UTC at Changsha and Wuhan stations are used as the deterministic forecast data. These control forecasts are taken from ensemble predictions with a 96-h lead time generated by the National Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, and the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction during January 2008. The results of the experiment show that the meta-Gaussian BPF can transform a deterministic control forecast of surface temperature from any one of the three ensemble predictions into a useful probabilistic forecast of surface temperature. These probabilistic forecasts quantify the uncertainty of the control forecast; accordingly, the performance of the probabilistic forecasts differs based on the source of the underlying deterministic control forecasts.     

GRAPES-GEPS环流集合预报的分类释用方法研究与检验

集合预报在数值天气预报体系中具有重要地位,因此如何有效提取集合样本信息以提高集合预报技巧一直是一个重要课题.基于中国全球集合预报业务系统(GRAPES-GEPS)的500?hPa高度场集合资料开展对环流集合预报的分类释用方法研究,并对集合聚类预报结果进行了检验分析.通过在传统Ward聚类法中引入动态聚类的"手肘法"方案...     

Dust storm ensemble forecast experiments in East Asia

The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF), as a unified approach to both data assimilation and ensemble forecasting problems, is used to investigate the performance of dust storm ensemble forecasting targeting a dust episode in the East Asia during 23–30 May 2007. The errors in the input wind field, dust emission intensity, and dry deposition velocity are among important model uncertainties and are considered in the model error perturbations. These model errors are not assumed to have zero-means. The model error me...     

Wind Speed Forecasting from 1 to 30 Minutes

Summary The long lifetime and high intensity of vortex trails generated by landing large-capacity aircraft may cause a risk to subsequently landing planes. A wake vortex warning system can help to avoid such hazards by forecasting the time intervals permitting safe operation on the landing strip. This information provides the basis for an appropriate landing schedule based on reduced succession distances. An essential element of the warning system is the prediction of wind across the landing strip and this is commonly determined by a method based on the principle of persistence. This study shows that autoregressive (AR) modelling can improve the accuracy of crosswind forecasts. To this end, the measurements are analysed in order to estimate model parameters. Unlike the more simplistic previously used method, AR forecasting, as part of the vortex trail warning system, allows longer intervals for safe operation and can avoid forecast discontinuities (leaps) which are inherent problems of all forecasts in which boundary layer processes have to be considered. Received June 10, 1997 Revised October 6, 1997     

热带气旋的路径及登陆预报

用几个非线性数学模型制作热带气旋短期路径预报及热带气旋个数、登陆时段、地段的短期气候预报。5年多的研究和预报试验结果表明：用指数曲线模型制作热带气旋路径预报，准确率较高。24h预报，199次平均误差123km，达到国内先进水平。用多项式等非线性模型，制作登陆我国及登陆广东热带气旋的年、月个数预测，经过3年实际应用检验，准确率达到70％～90％。用非线性预测模型的逐日气压场、逐日雨量场长期预测结果进行分析，制作广东热带气旋登陆时段、地段和南海海面热带气旋出现时间的预报，准确率达到70％～80％，2002年热带气旋的预报，采用长中短期预报相结合，数值预报与统计预报相结合，预报效果较佳。     

基于重组降水集合预报的洪水概率预报

采用条件亚正态模型方法,生成了具有包含不同可能性的降水集合预报。为了保持各子流域降水集合预报变量之间的空间相关性,采用集合预报重组方法对降水集合预报进行重新排列。使用重组后的降水集合预报驱动水文模型,实现了淮河上游大坡岭-息县、淮河上游息县-王家坝和汝河-洪河上游3个子流域的12次洪水过程的洪水概率预报,并对1988年9月7日和1991年7月31日两次洪水概率预报进行个例分析。结果表明:相对于单一确定性预报,通过条件亚正态分布模型生成降水集合预报后,再经过Schaake洗牌法空间相关性重新组合的降水集合预报,捕捉洪峰出现时间和流量的能力更强。对洪水概率预报来说,降水概率预报更能达到对未来的水文事件进行最大可能估计的目的,并尽可能综合了降水预报不确定性因素,同时也说明维持变量原有的空间相关特征对于降水概率预报具有重要意义。     

金沙江下游多种面雨量集成预报方法的对比分析

集成方法有利于提高降水要素预报的准确性和可预报性。本文基于格点实况资料和智能网格预报、西南区域数值预报、ECMWF模式预报、GRAPES模式预报产品,以面雨量为研究对象,采用多元回归法、BP神经网络法、评分权重法、加权集成预报法和算术平均法,得到集成面雨量预报,再运用平均绝对误差、模糊评分、正确率、TS评分、偏差分析等方法,对2020年4—10月金沙江下游面雨量预报效果进行对比分析。结果表明：多元回归集成法和BP神经网络法的预报效果总体上优于其他几种集成方法。在考虑流域面雨量的预报量级时,下游可以采用预报量级较小的模式和集成方法。集成后偏差百分比均有降低,且多元回归法和BP神经网络法对预报量级较小的模式有矫正作用。在面雨量有无、小雨和中雨预报中,多元回归法集成效果较好,在大雨量级预报中,BP神经网络法集成效果较好。这些结论可为流域面雨量预报提供参考借鉴。     

气候预测PS评分对业务影响

通过对中国气象局现行PS评分办法与理论PS评分的对比,发现现行评分办法对理论PS评分进行了两处修改。一处修改是扩大了预报正确的评定范围,但在PS评分办法实施后,在气候预测业务中,却出现了只预报2个等级的普遍现象,即在能获得高分的同时却降低了预报能力。另一处修改是按统一的要素距平划分等级,结果出现了预报对象的等级分布随着测站、月份变化而变化的现象。预报对象的等级分布是无技巧预报评分的决定因素,而预报技巧是由PS评分与无技巧预报评分之差决定的。在无技巧预报评分有差异的情况下,不同月份、不同区域之间的PS评分便失去了对比的基础。该文针对上述问题,对现行PS评分办法提出了修改建议。     

The Relationship between Deterministic and Ensemble Mean Forecast Errors Revealed by Global and Local Attractor Radii

It has been demonstrated that ensemble mean forecasts, in the context of the sample mean, have higher forecasting skill than deterministic(or single) forecasts. However, few studies have focused on quantifying the relationship between their forecast errors, especially in individual prediction cases. Clarification of the characteristics of deterministic and ensemble mean forecasts from the perspective of attractors of dynamical systems has also rarely been involved. In this paper, two attractor statistics—namely, the global and local attractor radii(GAR and LAR, respectively)—are applied to reveal the relationship between deterministic and ensemble mean forecast errors. The practical forecast experiments are implemented in a perfect model scenario with the Lorenz96 model as the numerical results for verification. The sample mean errors of deterministic and ensemble mean forecasts can be expressed by GAR and LAR, respectively, and their ratio is found to approach2~(1/2) with lead time. Meanwhile, the LAR can provide the expected ratio of the ensemble mean and deterministic forecast errors in individual cases.     

江苏省汛期强降水过程的延伸期预报试验

针对汛期延伸期降水预报问题,根据大气低频振荡特性,运用低频天气图预报方法,通过分析关键区低频天气系统(低频气旋和低频反气旋)的活动特征,建立低频系统与强降水过程间的对应关系,通过低频系统的活动特征来预报降水过程。在2011年7—9月江苏省延伸期强降水过程预报试验中,低频天气图预报方法的预报效果较好,且预报时效为10~30 d,可以在延伸期业务预报中加以应用。此外,还运用模式统计降尺度方法预报降水落区,为强降水过程的发生提供背景依据和参考信息,具有一定的实用意义。     

上海区域降水集合预报系统的建立与运行结果的检验

以MM5模式为基础, 从预报模式的不确定性出发形成8个集合成员, 建立了上海区域降水集合预报系统。该系统实现从资料收集、资料处理、模式预报到预报结果处理与产品输出的全自动化, 于2005年8月1日开始业务运行, 运行稳定可靠。对系统8—10月的运行结果进行检验, 结果表明:集合预报系统对降水的总体预报效果尚可, 其中对量级小的降水的总体预报效果更好, 集合预报产品尤其是概率预报产品具有一定的参考价值, 但系统还存在发散度偏小的问题, 有待进一步改进。     

Medium-range forecast of air temperature and of some dangerous phenomena using the technique of the hydrometcenter of Russia

The improved forecasting technique is presented of weather element computation developed at the Hydrometcenter of Russia for the medium-range forecasting on the basis of statistical interpretation of the results of integration of hydrodynamic atmospheric models. The methodology of numerical forecasting algorithms is described. The methods of forecasting the air temperature for ten-day periods and the extreme air temperature detailed for every day for the territory of Russia are realized on the basis of the weather element computation technique. According to the resolution of the Central Methodical Committee for Hydrometeorological and Heliogeophysical Forecasts, these methods are introduced into the operational practice as the basic ones. The examples of forecasts and the data on their accuracy are given. The approach is developed to the solution of the problem of the dangerous phenomena forecast (of anomalously cold and anomalously hot weather) with the earliness of 48–96 h within the frameworks of this technique.     

Development and Application of an Atmospheric-Hydrologic-Hydraulic Flood Forecasting Model Driven by TIGGE Ensemble Forecasts

A coupled atmospheric-hydrologic-hydraulic ensemble flood forecasting model,driven by The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) dat...     

Operative Scheme for the Short-range Complex Forecasting of Surface Air Temperature and Humidity

The statistical scheme is proposed for the forecast of surface air temperature and humidity using operative weather forecasts with 3–5-day lead time from the best forecasting hydrodynamic models as well as the archives of forecasts of these models and observational data from 2800 weather stations of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The output of the scheme includes the forecasts of air temperature for the standard observation moments with the period of 6 hours and extreme temperatures with the lead times of 12–120 hours. The accuracy of temperature and humidity forecasts for the period from July 2014 till June 2017 is much higher than that for the forecasts of original hydrodynamic models. The skill scores for extreme temperature forecasts based on the proposed method are compared with the similar results of the Weather Element Computation (WEC) forecasting scheme and forecasts by weathermen.     

集合数值预报在洪水预报中的应用进展

水文集合预报是近几年正在形成和发展的水文预报分支,其发展大致可分为两个阶段:第1阶段是1970年至20世纪末进行的长期径流预报,第2阶段从21世纪开始,主要学习气象数值预报中集合预报的概念在短期水文集合预报中的应用。目前,除了单一预报中心的集合预报系统在水文集合预报中应用外,多个预报中心的集合预报大集合也逐渐被应用于流域水文预报,甚至一些小流域的洪水预报。如利用TIGGE(THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble)集合预报驱动形成的大气-水文-水力的串联系统进行早期的洪水预警研究,将全球集合预报作为洪水模型输入的有限区域模式的初始条件和侧边界条件的研究。这些均表明,基于水文集合预报的洪水预报增加了预报附加值,并能够延长预警提前时间。以欧洲中期天气预报中心的欧洲洪水预警系统(EFAS)和美国NOAA的先进水文预报系统(AHPS)为代表,实现了集合预报在洪水中的实时业务预报,但仍存在数据处理和计算量大,以及如何基于集合水文预报做决策等问题。对于水文集合预报的前处理和后处理的各种技术已处于探索和验证阶段,如何更好地理解基于概率预报的洪水预警决策仍存在许多困难和挑战。     

Quantifying the value of historical climate knowledge and climate forecasts using agricultural systems modelling

A well tested agricultural systems model was used together with 114 years of historical climate data to study the performance of a dryland wheat–fallow system as impacted by climate variations and nitrogen input levels in southeast Australia, and to investigate the value of: (1) historical climate knowledge, (2) a perfect climate forecast, and (3) various forecasts of targeted variables. The potential value of historical climate records increases exponentially with the number of years of data. In order to confidently quantify the long term optimal nitrogen application rate at the study site at least 30 years of climate data are required. For nitrogen management only, the potential value of a perfect climate forecast is about $54/ha/year with a reduction of excess nitrogen application of 20 kg N/ha/year. The value of an ENSO based forecast system is $2/ha/year. Perfect forecasting of three or six categories of growing season rainfall would have a value of $10–12/ha/year. Perfect forecasts of three or six categories of simulated crop yield would bring about $33–34/ha/year. Choosing integrated variables as a forecasting target, for example crop yield derived from agricultural modelling, has the potential to significantly increase the value of forecasts.     

用短期降水预报做洪水预报与调度的应用试验

利用2003～2007年潘家口水库流域10场较大降水及其对应的河北省气象局MM5的面雨量预报数据,采用降水预报格点数据与水文洪水预报耦合的方法进行水库的洪水预报和调度,增长了水文洪水预报的预见期,在不增加水库工程投资,不增加上下游和工程风险的前提下,在汛期实施风险调度,以此发挥水库在洪水资源化调度中作用,解决防洪与蓄水的矛盾.     

天气预报技巧和价值的关系

利用一个简单的花费-损失比模型介绍了天气预报系统的技巧和其对用户的价值之间的关系。以欧洲中期天气预报中心的集合预报系统的控制预报和集合预报为例，对确定性预报和概率预报的情况分别进行了说明。结果表明，有技巧的天气预报系统只有在用产的花费-损矢比(C／L)在某一数值区间内时对用户才是有价值的。通过对比分析集合预报系统EPS概率预报和确定性预报的相对经济价值曲线，说明概率预报系统比一个与其质量相当的确定性预报系统具有较大的价值优势，而根据C／L选择最佳概率阈值对于实现其最大预报价值尤为重要。     

多模式降水分级最优化权重集成预报技术

为综合不同模式对不同量级降水的预报优势,设计一种全球模式与区域模式结合的降水分级最优化权重集成预报算法,集成经最优TS评分订正法（optimal threat score,OTS）订正后的欧洲中期天气预报中心降水预报产品（以下简称EC-OTS）和华东区域中尺度模式降水预报产品（以下简称SMS-OTS）。以泛长江区域（23°~39°N,101°~123°E）为研究范围,基于2018年不同降水量级的TS评分最优化确定SMS-OTS和EC-OTS在不同降水量级时的最优权重系数以及最优集成方案,并以2019年降水数据为独立样本进行预报试验。结果表明:对于最优权重系数,EC-OTS在低降水量级权重较大,随着降水量级的加大,SMS-OTS的权重也逐渐加大;最优集成方案为初始集成降水量预报取SMS-OTS,集成运算迭代3次;集成预报在几乎所有预报时效、所有降水量级的TS评分均高于EC-OTS和SMS-OTS,其平均绝对误差略小于EC-OTS,显著小于SMS-OTS;集成预报12 h累积降水预报的TS评分较省级预报员主观预报高-0.009~0.041,24 h累积降水预报的TS评分较国家气象中心预报员主观预报高0.009~0.023。     

南宁各种下垫面温度特征及预报方法探讨

介绍下垫面温度观测的原理,并用南宁2002年12月至2003年11月资料,分析了沥青、水泥、泥土温度的特征,包括这3种下垫面的日平均温度、日最高温度、日最低温度、温度日较差特征以及它们与气温的差值。指出气温是影响各种下垫面温度的最主要因素,云对下垫面日最高温度影响显著,大气环流变换对各种下垫面温度的波动有明显影响。对各种下垫面日最高温度的预报方法进行了初步探讨。建立了基于日最高气温预报之上的各种下垫面日最高温度预报模型,并对预报与实况值进行了对比分析,指出提高次日最高气温的预报准确率和预报是否出现阴天有中到大雨天气的预报准确率,可显著改善各种下垫面日最高温度的预报效果。