Use of an OSSE to Evaluate Background‐error Covariances Estimated by the NMC Method
Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society(2014)
摘要
The NMC method has proven utility for prescribing approximate background-error covariances required by variational data assimilation systems. Here, untuned NMC method estimates are compared with explicitly determined error covariances produced within an OSSE context by exploiting availability of the true simulated states. Such a comparison provides insights into what kind of rescaling is required to render the NMC method estimates usable. It is shown that rescaling of variances and directional correlation lengths depends greatly on both pressure and latitude. In particular, some scaling coefficients appropriate in the Tropics are the reciprocal of those in the Extratropics. Also, the degree of dynamic balance is grossly overestimated by the NMC method. These results agree with previous examinations of the NMC method which used ensembles as an alternative for estimating background-error statistics.
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OSSE,data assimilation,background error,NMC method
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