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Improving assimilated global data sets using tmi rainfall and columnar moisture observations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hou, Arthur Y. Olson, William S. Zhang, Sara Q. daSilva, Arlindo M. |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Description | A global analysis that optimally combine observations from diverse sources with physical models of atmospheric and land processes can provide a comprehensive description of the climate systems. Currently, such data products contain significant errors in primary hydrological fields such as precipitation and evaporation, especially in the tropics. In this study, we show that assimilating precipitation and total precipitable water (TPW) retrievals derived from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) improves not only the hydrological cycle but also key climate parameters such as clouds, radiation, and the large-scale circulation produced by the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) data assimilation system (DAS). In particular, assimilating TMI rain improves clouds and radiation in areas of active convection, as well as the latent heating distribution and the large-scale motion field in the tropics, while assimilating TMI TPW heating distribution and the large-scale motion field in the tropics, while assimilating TMI TPW retrievals leads to reduced moisture biases and improved radiative fluxes in clear-sky regions. The improved analysis also improves short-range forecasts in the tropics. Ensemble forecasts initialized with the GEOS analysis incorporating TMI rain rates and TPW yield smaller biases in tropical precipitation forecasts beyond 1 day and better 500 hPa geopotential height forecasts up to 5 days. Results of this study demonstrate the potential of using high-quality space-borne rainfall and moisture observations to improve the quality of assimilated global data for climate analysis and weather forecasting applications |
| File Size | 2186241 |
| Page Count | 36 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19990099118 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3130tc0t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1999-09-09 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Climate Earth Observing System Eos Weather Forecasting Trmm Satellite Satellite Observation Atmospheric Moisture Data Systems Water Vapor Precipitation Meteorology Remote Sensing Tropical Regions Rain Microwave Imagery Data Integration Infrared Radiation Clouds Meteorology Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
