Model Error and parameter estimation in a simplified mesoscale prediction frameworkGuillaume Vernieres, SAMSI, Josh Hacker, NCAR/RAL and Montserrat Fuentes, North Carolina State UniversityAbstract A column (1D) model derived from the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) numerical weather prediction (NWP) model is implemented for efficient experimentation with model physics. One of its purposes is to estimate a few parameters than can later be used in the 3D WRF in forecasting and nowcasting applications. We will present some preliminary results of parameter and model error estimation. The estimation procedure is based on observations of zonal and meridional wind speed, temperature, and water vapor mixing ratio. The covariances are approximated using an ensemble-based method, in which we have assumed that the model error can be represented by stochastic terms added to the zonal and meridional momentum equations as well as the parameter equations that are assumed to be slowly varying in time. Back to agenda |