WRF-ARW Variational Storm-Scale Data Assimilation: Current Capabilities and Future Developments

Wrf-arw Analysis Nudging Update and Future Development Plan

A review of operational methods of variational and ensemble-variational data assimilation: Ensemble-variational data assimilation

Variational and ensemble methods have been developed separately by various research and development groups and each brings its own benefits to data assimilation. In the last decade or so, various ways have been developed to combine these methods, especially with the aims of improving the background-error covariance matrices and of improving efficiency. The field has become confusing, even to ma...

Diagnostic Pressure Equation as a Weak Constraint in a Storm-Scale Three Dimensional Variational Radar Data Assimilation System

A diagnostic pressure equation is incorporated into a storm-scale three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system in the form of a weak constraint in addition to a mass continuity equation constraint (MCEC). The goal of this diagnostic pressure equation constraint (DPEC) is to couple different model variables to help build a more dynamic consistent analysis and therefore improve ...

Annual Evaluation of Wrf-arw and Wrf-nmm Meteorological Simulations over Europe

The BSC-CNS is involved in the CALIOPE project (Baldasano et al., 2008), a national Spanish initiative that has as main objective to establish an air quality forecasting system for Spain coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment. The modeling system bases on the WRF-ARW model as meteorological driver (Figure 1). As is well known, air quality models are highly dependent on the quality of th...

Implementation and evaluation of cloud analysis with WSR-88D reflectivity data for GSI and WRF-ARW

[1] The cloud analysis procedure of the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS) is implemented in a proposed operational numerical forecast system composed of the Grid-point Statistical Interpolation (GSI) and the Advanced Research WRF (WRF-ARW). The case of 23 May 2005 Central Plains storm cluster is used to assess the impact of the cloud analysis using reflectivity data from six operationa...