Data assimilation and forecasting the weather (!) |
Content |
Typical 6-hour analysis cycle |
The observing system a few years agoÉ |
Typical distribution of observations in +/- 3hours |
Typical distribution of observations in +/- 3hours |
Model grid points (uniformly distributed) and observations (randomly distributed). For the grid point i only observations within a radius of influence may be considered |
Some statisticsÉ |
Some comparisonsÉ |
Slide 10 |
Comparisons of Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
Satellite radiances are essential in the SH |
More and more satellite radiancesÉ |
Intro. to data assimilation: a toy example |
Toy temperature data assimilation, measure radiance |
Toy temperature data assimilation, measure radiance |
Toy temperature data assimilation, measure radiance |
Toy temperature data assimilation, variational approach |
Toy temperature data assimilation, variational approach |
Typical 6-hour analysis cycle |
Toy temperature analysis cycle (Kalman Filter) |
Toy temperature analysis cycle (Kalman Filter) |
Summary of toy system equations (for a scalar) |
Summary of toy system equations (cont.) |
Summary of toy system equations (cont.) |
Equations for toy and real huge systems |
Interpretation of the NWP system of equations |
Interpretation of the NWP system of equations |
Summary of NWP equations (cont.) |
Comparison of 4-D Var and LETKF
at JMA T. Miyoshi and Y. Sato |
Comparison of 4-D Var and LETKF
at JMA T. Miyoshi and Y. Sato |
Comparison of 4-D Var and LETKF
at JMA T. Miyoshi and Y. Sato |
Comparison of 4-D Var and LETKF
at JMA 18th typhoon in 2004, IC 12Z 8 August 2004 T. Miyoshi and Y. Sato |
Comparison of 4-D Var and LETKF
at JMA RMS error statistics for all typhoons in August 2004 T. Miyoshi and Y. Sato |
Summary |