A STUDY OF THE USE OF SCATTEROMETER DATA IN THE EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS-FORECAST MODEL .2. DATA IMPACT

被引:14
作者
ANDERSON, D
HOLLINGSWORTH, A
UPPALA, S
WOICESHYN, P
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD, CLARENDON LAB, DEPT ATMOSPHER PHYS, OXFORD OX1 3PU, ENGLAND
[2] FINNISH METEOROL INST, SF-00100 HELSINKI 10, FINLAND
[3] CALTECH, JET PROP LAB, PASADENA, CA 91109 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1029/90JC02053
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
Data from the Seasat scatterometer are assimilated into the ECMWF analysis-forecast model. To assess the impact of using Seasat A satellite scatterometer (SASS) data, comparison is made between analyses which use this data type and those which do not, as well as between forecasts from these analyses. The differences in the northern hemisphere are found to be small, but sizeable differences occur in the southern hemisphere. Some synoptic comparisons are made between SASS data and the model analyses, as well as data impact on forecasts for the QE-II and Ark Royal storms.
引用
收藏
页码:2635 / 2647
页数:13
相关论文
共 26 条
[1]  
ANDERSON D, 1991, J GEOPHYS RES, V96
[2]  
ANTHES RA, 1983, MON WEATHER REV, V111, P1174, DOI 10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<1174:NSOACO>2.0.CO
[3]  
2
[4]  
ATLAS R, 1984, NASA C PUBL, V2303, P567
[5]   LARGE-SCALE ANALYSIS AND FORECAST EXPERIMENTS WITH WIND DATA FROM THE SEASAT A SCATTEROMETER [J].
BAKER, WE ;
ATLAS, R ;
KALNAY, E ;
HALEM, M ;
WOICESHYN, PM ;
PETEHERYCH, S ;
EDELMANN, D .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 1984, 89 (ND3) :4927-4936
[6]   ON THE USE OF A TIME SEQUENCE OF SURFACE PRESSURES IN 4-DIMENSIONAL DATA ASSIMILATION [J].
BENGTSSON, L .
TELLUS, 1980, 32 (03) :189-197
[7]   ON THE SENSITIVITY OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION TO REMOTELY SENSED MARINE SURFACE WIND DATA - A SIMULATION STUDY [J].
CANE, MA ;
CARDONE, VJ ;
HALEM, M ;
HALBERSTAM, I .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 1981, 86 (NC9) :8093-8106
[8]   THE IMPACT OF SEASAT SCATTEROMETER WINDS ON THE NAVYS OPERATIONAL MODEL [J].
DUFFY, D ;
ATLAS, R ;
ROSMOND, T ;
BARKER, E ;
ROSENBERG, R .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 1984, 89 (ND5) :7238-7244
[9]   THE IMPACT OF SEASAT-A SCATTEROMETER DATA ON THE NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF THE QUEEN-ELIZABETH-II STORM [J].
DUFFY, DG ;
ATLAS, R .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 1986, 91 (C2) :2241-2248
[10]  
GYAKUM JR, 1983, MON WEATHER REV, V111, P1137, DOI 10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<1137:OTEOTI>2.0.CO