Analysis sensitivity of adaptive observation (one obs. selected from ensemble spread method over ocean) and routine observations (every grid point over land) in Lorenz-40 variable model
10-day forecast RMS error
Analysis sensitivity
¥ About 17% information of the analysis comes from observations over land.
¥ About 85% information comes from observation for the adaptive observation (a single observation over ocean).
¥ The single adaptive observation is more important than single observation over land.