SL-AV atmospheric model version using σ-<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis> hybrid vertical coordinates

The SL-AV atmospheric model version using hybrid vertical coordinates combies the advantages of sigma and isobaric coordinates. The formulation and discretization of model equations maintain the equivalency of the new model version to the basic sigma version in the special case, when hybrid coordinates coincide with sigma coordinates. The SL-AV model version with hybrid vertical coordinate is verified with medium-range weather forecasts. The decrease in the errors of predicted geopotential height and wind as compared to the sigma model version is demonstrated. The use of hybrid coordinates also leads to a certain increase in forecast skill scores for some meteorological parameters characterizing aviation significant weather.     

Forecast of Polar Stratospheric Vortex Dynamics Using the SL-AV Global Atmosphere Model

The quality of Arctic winter stratospheric dynamics forecast using the SL-AV atmospheric global circulation model is studied. The series of numerical experiments show that forecasts with the lead time up to 7 days are successful. Zonal wind reversal during minor sudden stratospheric warmings is predicted 10–11 days ahead. Overall, the situations of strong polar jet disturbances are beneficial for the forecast accuracy.     

GRAPES的新初始化方案

四维变分同化由于引入预报模式作为一项约束,理论上它的分析场已经具有较好的平衡性,但实施时还会有诸多因重力波导致的高频振荡过程,因此,四维变分同化(4DVar)分析仍需要初始化。文中描述了GRAPES全球四维变分同化系统(GRAPES-4DVar)的新初始化方案的科学设计、公式演绎以及试验结果。GRAPES-4DVar的新初始化方案采用数字滤波方案作为代价函数的一项约束控制重力波引发的不平衡结构,约束强加在分析增量上与极小化迭代过程同步进行。新的初始化方案是变分同化系统的一部分,数字滤波的积分时间与4DVar的同化时间窗一致,不会对4DVar产生额外的计算资源消耗;并能适应长时间窗的同化,不会因为时间窗的延长而削弱慢波过程。新初始化方案中,模式轨迹的光滑程度可在变分同化中通过重力波控制项的权重系数方便控制。GRAPES全球四维变分同化的理想和循环同化批量试验都表明,在四维变分同化中,重力波的控制依然非常重要,具有初始化的GRAPES试验,无论分析还是预报技巧都较无初始化的有明显优势。与以前分析和滤波独立实施的旧初始化方案相比,新方案的分析和预报效果略优,同时有效地节省循环同化系统的运行时间,这对四维变分同化来说非常重要。     

Multiscale Global Atmosphere Model SL-AV: the Results of Medium-range Weather Forecasts

Development of the multiscale version of the global atmosphere model SL-AV required many improvements in the dynamical core, replacement or refinement of parameterization algorithms and complex tuning of the model. These modifications were initially tested with the experiments on modern climate simulation and then incorporated into the model configuration for medium-range numerical weather prediction. The impact of these model improvements on forecast quality is studied in this paper. The increase in accuracy of model climate characteristics has led to the reduction of forecast errors. The comparison of quality for numerical forecasts starting from the initial data of Hydrometcenter of Russia and ECMWF is carried out. The effect of replacing the initial data turned out to be comparable to the effect of multi-year works on model development. This shows the importance and necessity of development and improvement of the Hydrometcenter of Russia data assimilation system.     

Practical predictability of the standardized precipitation index on monthly and seasonal timescales

The SL-AV global semi-Lagrangian model of Hydrometcenter of Russia is used for considering the issues of practical predictability of the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) recommended by WMO. The index values are computed using the actual data (observations and reanalysis) taken as a reference and the forecast (hindcast) data interpolated to the stations (236 stations on the CIS territory). The analysis of practical predictability is based on diagnostic verification as well as on the model verification measures recommended by WMO. The statistically significant useful signal was detected on monthly and seasonal integration intervals. No useful information is found for the second- and third-month forecasts. A case study for the Republic of Kazakhstan (July 1989) demonstrates the dependence of forecast skill on the atmospheric circulation patterns. It is revealed that in the case of meridional atmospheric circulation forms the model resolution increases and, in some cases, not only moderate but also severe drought can be predicted.     

A numerical simulation of the surface water budget during HAPEX-MOBILHY

A simple land surface parameterization scheme previously validated at the daily time scale is studied for monthly periods using the HAPEX-MOBILHY data set. For a set of six locations, the scheme reproduces with good accuracy two components of the surface water budget (evaporation and soil moisture depletion) when the observed rainfall rate at the ground surface is specified. For two sites where the superficial soil moisture content has been measured, the model provides a reasonable evolution for this quantity. The validation has been completed by examining the screen-level temperature and relative humidity. The agreement with observations is fair, except when the local properties of the site strongly differ from those of the surroundings.     

Effects of Large-scale Modes of Atmospheric Circulation on the Regimes of Temperature and Precipitation in the Arctic

The monthly and seasonal anomalies of temperature and precipitation over the Arctic are considered depending on the global and regional patterns of atmospheric circulation. Ñlimate indices are used to identify patterns. The composite analysis allowed identifying the geographic regions where the influence of atmospheric circulation modes on temperature and precipitation is statistically significant. The contingency of atmospheric circulation patterns in the Northern Hemisphere was statistically estimated. Special attention is paid to the case studies where the extreme episodes of circulation indices are associated with the significant anomalies of air temperature and precipitation. The potential is demonstrated of the numerical simulation of extreme episodes on monthly and seasonal timescales with the global semi-Lagrangian model SL-AV developed in the Institute of Numerical Mathematics jointly with the Hydrometcenter of Russia.     

数字滤波初始化方案在高分辨率GRAPES区域模式中的应用研究

高分辨率同化系统中引入的高频率高密度观测信息会造成分析变量之间的不平衡,因而在模式积分中产生的虚假重力波会严重影响模式预报质量和运行稳定.为了抑制虚假重力波在模式中快速增长,文中通过在高分辨率GRAPES区域模式中应用非绝热数字滤波和增量数字滤波初始化方案,研究不同滤波截断周期的初始化方案对分析预报的影响.试验结果表明...     

近期气候预测系统IAP-DecPreS对印度洋偶极子的回报技巧:全场同化和异常场同化的比较

印度洋偶极子（IOD）是热带印度洋年际变率主导模态之一,对于区域乃至全球气候有重要影响。准确预报IOD对于短期气候预测具有重要意义。中国科学院大气物理研究所最近建立了近期气候预测系统IAP-DecPreS,其初始化方案采用“集合最优插值—分析增量更新”（EnOI-IAU）方案,能够同化观测的海洋次表层温度廓线资料。本文分析了IAP-DecPreS季节回报试验对IOD的回报技巧,重点比较了全场同化和异常场同化两种初始化策略下预测系统对IOD的回报技巧。分析表明,8月起报秋季IOD,无论从确定性预报还是概率性预报的角度,基于全场同化的回报试验技巧均高于异常场同化的回报试验。对于5月起报的秋季IOD,基于两种初始化策略的回报试验技巧相当。研究发现,全场同化策略相对于异常场的优势主要源于它提高了对伴随ENSO发生的IOD的预报技巧。ENSO遥强迫触发的热带东印度洋“风—蒸发—SST”正反馈过程是IOD发展和维持的关键。采用全场同化策略的回报结果能够更好地模拟出IOD发展过程中ENSO遥强迫产生的异常降水场和异常风场的空间分布特征;而采用异常场同化策略,模拟的异常降水场和风场偏差较大。导致两种初始化策略预测结果技巧差异的主要原因是,全场同化能够减小模式对热带印度洋气候平均态降水固有的模拟偏差,从而提升了热带印度洋对ENSO遥强迫响应的模拟能力。而异常场同化由于在同化过程中保持了模式固有的气候平均态,因此模拟的热带印度洋对ENSO遥强迫的响应存在与模式自由积分类似的模拟偏差。     

二种正规模初值化的比较试验

本文用麦申豪尔(Machenhauer 1977)的非线性正规模初值化(简称NMI)和动力正规模初值化(简称DNI)案进行比较试验。试验分别在一层谱模式、多层谱模式以及四维同化系统中进行试验。试验的结果表明:在一层谱模式上NMI比DNI稍好,而在多层谱模式上则DNI比NMI稍好。在四维同化系统中对分析的拟合结果进行比较,总的来看DNI稍好于NMI。     

不同业务预报初值形成方案的数值模拟比较

设计了一个适用于同步，双重嵌套模式的ｐ－面水平插值，双非线性正规模初值形成方案。把新方案与国家气象中心的台风路径数值预报准实时业务模式原预报初值形成方案进行了比较。所选台风个例的４８小时数值模拟结果表明，新的预报初值形成方案优于原方案。     

非线性正规模初值化原则在有限区模式的实现

本文在普遍情况下导出了与非线性正规模初值化方法等价的、用模式变量表达的初值化准则与运算迭代公式.由于模式的正规模态在初值化计算中不明显地出现,故本文的结果对于正规模态难以求得的有限区模式的初值化有重要意义_试验实例表明,按本文的方案作初值处理,对于消除初值中的不平衡是十分有效的.     

数字滤波初始化(DFI)在高水平分辨率模式中的应用

数字滤波初始化应用的前提假设之一是不平衡重力惯性波在频率谱上与有天气意义的波动不重叠。随着水平分辨率的不断提高,数值模式能够解析的重力波具有波长更短、频率更高的性质,模式中有天气意义的波动与高频噪声的界线更加模糊,因此,数字滤波初始化在高分辨率模式中的应用性能尚未明确。以一次深对流过程为例,在3 km水平分辨率条件下采用不同滤波参数配置进行数字滤波初始化试验,试图对高水平分辨率预报初始场中高频噪声特征、如何区分具有天气意义的高频信号和虚假噪声、数字滤波初始化在数值预报模式(WRF)高水平分辨率条件下的应用性能等一系列相关问题给出初步的认识。试验结果表明,在针对高分辨率模式进行数字滤波初始化时,原有应用于低分辨率模式的初始化配置参数已不适用,必须根据高分辨率噪声的特点重新设计相应的滤波方案。即使在"无噪声"状态下,有天气意义的信息在模式中也具有与虚假高频噪声一致的表现形式,即大的地面气压变化倾向。数字滤波初始化的确能对特定切断频率的高频振荡进行滤波,但无法区分其性质究竟是具有天气意义的高频信号,还仅仅只是虚假的高频噪声。如果要达到滤除初始场中高频噪声的理想效果、并且消除积分过程中的高频振荡,必须延长滤波时间窗,但这是以增加额外的积分时间、以及有可能损害气象上有意义的波动为代价的。滤波效果越显著,滤波结果对初始场的改变越大,这两个方面实质上是有冲突的,因此,在应用数字滤波初始化时必须在滤波效果可接受和保证预报性能两方面之间进行妥协。最后就数字滤波初始化在高分辨率有限区域数值模式中的可能应用提出了具体的建议。     

非线性平衡方程初值化方法及其在中期数值天气预报试验中的应用

本文给出了一种求解非线性平衡方程的新的有效的方法及有关的数值试验结果。和以往的求解方法相比，本方法的优点是:收敛速度快，不需要冗长的迭代计算，也不需要对初始高度场的某些记录作修改，并能节省大量的计算时间。文中利用北半球七层原始方程谱模式，使用了1982年的客观分析资料，进行中期数值天气预报试验。试验结果表明，用非线性平衡方程初值化方法制作中期数值预报比其他的如线性平衡方程初值化方程的更佳。后者因去掉了非线性项的作用，天气系统的强度预报结果偏弱且偏平滑。     

Initialization and data assimilation experiments with a primitive equation model

The process of combining models of the ocean circulation with large data sets is known in meteorology as model initialization and data assimilation. This process is new to oceanographers, who only now are on the verge of having available world-wide synoptic maps of dynamic variables. In this paper we carry out a series of idealized initialization/assimilation experiments with a primitive equation (PE) model, which constitute a first step in developing a realistic process model and data assimilation techniques for the Gulf Stream system. The PE model is used in a spin-down mode and initialized with an analytic jet profile with geostrophically balanced fields.Two major questions are addressed in the present study. The first concerns the initialization process of a PE model during which internal/inertial gravity wave noise is produced. We ask: are the initialization shocks equally crucial for ocean models as they have been for their atmospheric counterparts? The results of an extensive series of balanced versus unbalanced initializations indicate that, for a PE model with a rigid lid, a brutally unbalanced initialization is required to produce strong internal gravity wave shocks. A geostrophically balanced initialization is sufficient to ensure smooth jet evolutions, with no apparent gravity waves, over long time durations in the spin-down mode. No sophisticated initialization procedures seem, therefore, to be required.The second question addressed is: which component of the flow is the most important in data assimilation to drive the model response towards a baseline reference ocean? We specifically compare the knowledge of the depth-integrated flow only, corresponding to measurements of the total transport, with the knowledge of the density field only, or equivalently the velocity shear. The knowledge of the interior density field is much more effective in decreasing the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) errors relative to the reference ocean. If the baroclinic structure is known, coarse horizontal resolutions of data insertion can be reached before significantly worsening the model estimates. If only the depth-averaged flow is known, a decrease in the horizontal resolution of data assimilation has an immediate effect: the r.m.s. errors sharply increase and the assimilation run diverges from the reference ocean. In the assimilation of the barotropic flow alone, even with dense resolution, the errors in the deep layers always show an increasing trend. The relative effectiveness of baroclinic versus barotropic data insertion can be rationalized in the context of geostrophic adjustment theory.     

模式气候吸引子信息约束下的动力协调初始化方法及其在ENSO预测中的应用

为了改善模式初始场质量,减少初值与模式不协调对ENSO预测的影响,针对国家气候中心NCCo海-气耦合模式原初始化方案动力小协调的问题,从利用模式长期耦合模拟资料中的模式气候吸引子信息的角度出发,发展了一种获取观测资料中与模式相协调分量的信息重构方法,提出了一种模式气候吸引子信息约束下的动力协调初始化方案.对该方案回报检验的结果表明:通过反演NCCo海-气耦合模式模拟资料中的模式气候吸引子信息,有助于获取观测资料中与模式相协调的信息分量特征,实现了初始化过程中动力模式与所同化观测资料间的协调.这种基于信息重构方法的动力协调初始化方案,既可以延续原初始化方案利用观测信息较多的优势,又克服了原方案中观测资料和动力模式不协调的缺陷.这种新的初始化方案,消除了观测资料和模式不协调在初始场中产生的小尺度高频噪声,突出了与NCCo模式动力特征相适应的ENSO尺度信息.进而抑制了初始场中高频噪声所引起的快变预报误差的增长,提高了模式的预测技巧.     

A case study of the improvement of soil moisture initialization in IAP-PSSCA

A prediction system is employed to investigate the potential use of a soil moisture initialization scheme in seasonal precipitation prediction through a case study of severe floods in 1998. The results show that driving the model with reasonable initial soil moisture distribution is helpful for precipitation prediction,and the initialization scheme is easy to use in operational prediction.     

Disaggregation of screen-level variables in a numerical weather prediction model with an explicit simulation of subgrid-scale land-surface heterogeneity

The earth’s surface is characterized by small-scale heterogeneity attributable to variability in land cover, soil characteristics and orography. In atmospheric models, this small-scale variability can be partially accounted for by the so-called mosaic approach, i.e., by computing the land-surface processes on a grid with an explicit higher horizontal resolution than the atmosphere. The mosaic approach does, however, not account for the subgrid-scale variability in the screen-level atmospheric parameters, part of which might be related to land-surface heterogeneity itself. In this study, simulations with the numerical weather prediction model COSMO are shown, employing the mosaic approach together with a spatial disaggregation of the atmospheric forcing by the screen-level variables to the subgrid-scale. The atmospheric model is run with a 2.8?km horizontal grid resolution while the land surface processes are computed on a 400-m horizontal grid. The disaggregation of the driving atmospheric variables at screen-level is achieved by a three-step statistical downscaling with rules learnt from high-resolution fully coupled COSMO simulations, where both, atmosphere and surface, were simulated on a 400-m grid. The steps encompass spline interpolation of the grid scale variables, conditional regression based on the high-resolution runs, and an optional stochastic noise generator which restores the variability of the downscaled variables. Simulations for a number of case studies have been carried out, with or without mosaic surface representation and with or without atmospheric disaggregation, and evaluated with respect to the surface state variables and the turbulent surface exchange fluxes of sensible and latent heat. The results are compared with the high-resolution fully coupled COSMO simulations. The results clearly demonstrate the high importance of accounting for subgrid-scale surface heterogeneity. It is shown that the atmospheric disaggregation leads to clear additional improvements in the structures of the two-dimensional surface state variable fields, but to only marginally impacts on the simulation of the turbulent surface exchange fluxes. A detailed analysis of these results identifies strongly correlated errors in atmospheric and surface variables in the mosaic approach as the main reason for the latter. The effects of these errors largely cancel out in the flux parameterization, and thus explain the comparably good results for the fluxes in the mosaic approach without atmospheric disaggregation despite inferior performance for the surface state variables themselves. Inserting noise in the disaggregation scheme leads to a deterioration of the results.     

用数字滤波方法进行数值模式的初始化

将数字滤波原理用于Ｔ４２Ｌ９全球谱模式的初始化。选取两个初值进行了实验。通过对模式短时间积分得到的时间序列进行滤波处理，有效地滤去了初始场中的高频重力波振荡，保留了其中有天气意义的扰动，同时对分析场的改变很小。５ｄ预报的结果说明，经过初始化后的预报较为平稳，场较为光滑。对比实验表明，绝热和非绝热初始化的效果很接近。这种方法简便有效，是一种实用的初值化方法     

谱模式T63L9正规模初值化方案及试验

推导了全球谱模式T63L9的正规模,对求得的垂直和水平正规模做了分析,与其他文献进行了比较.在此基础上,为其资料四维同化系统研制了一套合适的绝热非线性正规模初值化方案,并进行了一系列试验.分析表明:方案的研制是成功的,它有效地消除了模式早期积分中虚假的高频振荡,明显改进了短期预报的效果;初值化不仅对随后的一次预报有明显的改进,而且通过同化循环,提高了整个资料同化和预报的质量.