scholarly journals A Traffic Model for Velocity Data Assimilation

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. Work ◽  
S. Blandin ◽  
O. P. Tossavainen ◽  
B. Piccoli ◽  
A. M. Bayen
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Traffic Model ◽  
Velocity Data

An Efficient Dual-Resolution Approach for Ensemble Data Assimilation and Tests with Simulated Doppler Radar Data

2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (3) ◽  
pp. 945-963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jidong Gao ◽  
Ming Xue
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Horizontal Resolution ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
Background Error ◽  
Cross Covariance ◽  
Radial Velocity Data

Abstract A new efficient dual-resolution (DR) data assimilation algorithm is developed based on the ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) method and tested using simulated radar radial velocity data for a supercell storm. Radar observations are assimilated on both high-resolution and lower-resolution grids using the EnKF algorithm with flow-dependent background error covariances estimated from the lower-resolution ensemble. It is shown that the flow-dependent and dynamically evolved background error covariances thus estimated are effective in producing quality analyses on the high-resolution grid. The DR method has the advantage of being able to significantly reduce the computational cost of the EnKF analysis. In the system, the lower-resolution ensemble provides the flow-dependent background error covariance, while the single-high-resolution forecast and analysis provides the benefit of higher resolution, which is important for resolving the internal structures of thunderstorms. The relative smoothness of the covariance obtained from the lower 4-km-resolution ensemble does not appear to significantly degrade the quality of analysis. This is because the cross covariance among different variables is of first-order importance for “retrieving” unobserved variables from the radar radial velocity data. For the DR analysis, an ensemble size of 40 appears to be a reasonable choice with the use of a 4-km horizontal resolution in the ensemble and a 1-km resolution in the high-resolution analysis. Several sensitivity tests show that the DR EnKF system is quite robust to different observation errors. A 4-km thinned data resolution is a compromise that is acceptable under the constraint of real-time applications. A data density of 8 km leads to a significant degradation in the analysis.

Impact of Doppler radar reflectivity and velocity data assimilation on the quality of precipitation forecasting in Belarus in different seasons

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palina Zaiko ◽  
Siarhei Barodka ◽  
Aliaksandr Krasouski
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Weather Radar ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Radar Reflectivity ◽  
Precipitation Forecast ◽  
Doppler Weather Radar ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
Numerical Weather ◽  
Convective Processes ◽  
Different Seasons

<p>Heavy precipitation forecast remains one of the biggest problems in numerical weather prediction. Modern remote sensing systems allow tracking of rapidly developing convective processes and provide additional data for numerical weather models practically in real time. Assimilation of Doppler weather radar data also allows to specify the position and intensity of convective processes in atmospheric numerical models.</p><p>The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of Doppler  radar reflectivity and velocity assimilation in the WRF-ARW mesoscale model for the territory of Belarus in different seasons of the year. Specifically, we focus on the short-range numerical forecasting of mesoscale convective systems passage over the territory of Belarus in 2017-2019 with assimilated radar data.</p><p>Proceeding with weather radar observations available for our cases, we first perform the necessary processing of the raw radar data to eliminate noise, reflections and other kinds of clutter. For identification of non-meteorological noise fuzzy echo classification was used. Then we use the WRF-DA (3D-Var) system to assimilate the processed radar observations from 3 Belarusian Doppler weather radar in the WRF model. Assimilating both radar reflectivity and radial velocity data in the model we aim to better represent not only the distribution of clouds and their moisture content, but also the detailed dynamical aspects of convective circulation. Finally, we analyze WRF modelling output obtained with assimilated radar data and compare it with available meteorological observations and with other model runs (including control runs with no data assimilation or with assimilation of conventional weather stations data only), paying special attention to the accuracy of precipitation forecast 12 hours in advance.</p>

scholarly journals Assimilation of Radial Velocity from Coastal NEXRAD into HWRF for Improved Forecasts of Landfalling Hurricanes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wang ◽  
Zhaoxia Pu
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Radar Data ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
Background Error ◽  
Convective Systems ◽  
Forecasting System ◽  
Environmental Prediction ◽  
Radial Velocity Data

AbstractThe benefits of assimilating NEXRAD (Next Generation Weather Radar) radial velocity data for convective systems have been demonstrated in previous studies. However, impacts of assimilation of such high spatial and temporal resolution observations on hurricane forecasts has not been demonstrated with the NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction) HWRF (Hurricane Weather and Research Forecasting) system. This study investigates impacts of NEXRAD radial velocity data on forecasts of the evolution of landfalling hurricanes with different configurations of data assimilation. The sensitivity of data assimilation results to influencing parameters within the data assimilation system, such as the maximum range of the radar data, super-observations, horizontal and vertical localization correlation length scale, and weight of background error covariances, is examined. Two hurricane cases, Florence and Michael, that occurred in the summer of 2018 are chosen to conduct a series of experiments. Results show that hurricane intensity, asymmetric structure of inland wind and precipitation, and quantitative precipitation forecasting are improved. Suggestions for implementation of operational configurations are provided.

scholarly journals Application of the Multigrid Method to the Two-Dimensional Doppler Radar Radial Velocity Data Assimilation

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Yuanfu Xie ◽  
Shiow-Ming Deng ◽  
Qi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Multigrid Method ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Wind Data ◽  
In Situ Observation ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Tangential Wind ◽  
Radial Velocity Data

Abstract In recent years, the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed a space and time mesoscale analysis system (STMAS), which is currently a sequential three-dimensional variational data assimilation (3DVAR) system and is developing into a sequential 4DVAR in the near future. It is implemented by using a multigrid method based on a variational approach to generate grid analyses. This study is to test how STMAS deals with 2D Doppler radar radial velocity and to what degree the 2D Doppler radar radial velocity can improve the conventional (in situ) observation analysis. Two idealized experiments and one experiment with real Doppler radar radial velocity data, handled by STMAS, demonstrated significant improvement of the conventional observation analysis. Because the radar radial wind data can provide additional wind information (even it is incomplete: e.g., missing tangential wind vector), the analyses by assimilating both radial wind data and conventional data showed better results than those by assimilating only conventional data. Especially in the case of sparse conventional data, radar radial wind data can provide significant information and improve the analyses considerably.

Impact of Assimilating Ocean Velocity Observations Inferred from Lagrangian Drifter Data Using the NCOM-4DVAR*

2014 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 1509-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Carrier ◽  
Hans Ngodock ◽  
Scott Smith ◽  
Gregg Jacobs ◽  
Philip Muscarella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Velocity Data ◽  
Series Of Experiments ◽  
Coastal Ocean Model ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Representer Method ◽  
Lagrangian Drifter ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Eulerian velocity fields are derived from 300 drifters released in the Gulf of Mexico by The Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) during the summer 2012 Grand Lagrangian Deployment (GLAD) experiment. These data are directly assimilated into the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4DVAR) analysis system in a series of experiments to investigate their impact on the model circulation. The NCOM-4DVAR is a newly developed tool for data analysis, formulated for weak-constraint data assimilation based on the indirect representer method. The assimilation experiments take advantage of this velocity data along with other available data sources from in situ and satellite measurements of surface and subsurface temperature and salinity. Three different experiments are done: (i) A nonassimilative NCOM free run, (ii) an assimilative NCOM run that utilizes temperature and salinity observations, and (iii) an assimilative NCOM run that uses temperature and salinity observations as well as the GLAD velocity observations. The resulting analyses and subsequent forecasts are compared to assimilated and future GLAD velocity and temperature/salinity observations to determine the performance of each experiment and the impact of the GLAD data on the analysis and the forecast. It is shown that the NCOM-4DVAR is able to fit the observations not only in the analysis step, but also in the subsequent forecast. It is also found that the GLAD velocity data greatly improves the characterization of the circulation, with the forecast showing a better fit to future GLAD observations than those experiments without the velocity data included.

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