Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2019, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (2): 20-31.doi: 10.11978/2018055CSTR: 32234.14.2018055

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Experiments of assimilating Doppler radar data in forecast of Typhoon Chanthu

Peini QI(), Feifei SHEN(), Leilei KOU, Zhigang CHU, Dongmei XU   

  1. Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
  • Received:2018-05-23 Revised:2018-09-05 Online:2019-03-20 Published:2019-04-15
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1506404, 2018YFC1506603, 2017YFC1502102, 2017YFC1502103);National Natural Science Foundation of China (G41805016, G41805070);Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20170940, BK20160954);Open Project of Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (KLME201807, KLME201808);Beijige Funding from Jiangsu Research Institute of Meteorological Science (BJG201604);Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (2016r043, 2016r027)

Abstract:

Based on the WRF (Weather Research and Forecast) model and WRF-3DVAR (3- Dimensional Variational) assimilation system, we conduct a single time analysis to initialize Typhoon Chanthu and compare the effects of assimilation radar radial velocity (Vr) on Typhoon Chanthu analysis and forecast, with two radar radial wind data. We show that the role of assimilating radar radial wind is mainly reflected in the adjustment of typhoon intensity and circulation structure; and after the assimilation reaches a certain length of time, it has a positive effect on the improvement of forecast. The assimilation test improves the typhoon's initial wind field and the thermal and dynamic structures, intensity, and location of the typhoon circulation center, thereby improving the typhoon structure, path, and intensity predicted for future 18 hours.

Key words: radar radial velocity, data assimilation, WRF-3DVAR, typhoon

CLC Number: 

  • P732.42