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  On the potential of assimilating meteorological analyses in a global climate model for the purpose of model validation

Jeuken, A. B. M., Siegmund, P. C., Heijboer, L. C., Feichter, J., & Bengtsson, L. (1996). On the potential of assimilating meteorological analyses in a global climate model for the purpose of model validation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 101, 16939-16950. doi:10.1029/96JD01218.

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Jeuken, A. B. M.1, Author
Siegmund, P. C.1, Author
Heijboer, L. C.1, Author
Feichter, Johann2, Author           
Bengtsson, Lennart2, Author           
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2MPI for Meteorology, Max Planck Society, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, DE, ou_913545              

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 Abstract: A simple four-dimensional assimilation technique, called Newtonian relaxation, has been applied to the Hamburg climate model (ECHAM), to enable comparison of model output with observations for short periods of time. The prognostic model variables vorticity, divergence, temperature, and surface pressure have been relaxed toward European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) global meteorological analyses. Several experiments have been carried out, in which the values of the relaxation coefficients have been varied to find out which values are most usable for our purpose. To be able to use the method for validation of model physics or chemistry, good agreement of the model simulated mass and wind field is required. In addition, the model physics should not be disturbed too strongly by the relaxation forcing itself. Both aspects have been investigated. Good agreement with basic observed quantities, like wind, temperature, and pressure is obtained for most simulations in the extratropics. Derived variables, like precipitation and evaporation, have been compared with ECMWF forecasts and observations. Agreement for these variables is smaller than for the basic observed quantities. Nevertheless, considerable improvement is obtained relative to a control run without assimilation. Differences between tropics and extratropics are smaller than for the basic observed quantities. Results also show that precipitation and evaporation are affected by a sort of continuous spin-up which is introduced by the relaxation: the bias (ECMWF-ECHAM) is increasing with increasing relaxation forcing. In agreement with this result we found that with increasing relaxation forcing the vertical exchange of tracers by turbulent boundary layer mixing and, in a lesser extent, by convection, is reduced.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 1996-07-27
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1029/96JD01218
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Title: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
  Abbreviation : J. Geophys. Res. - D
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Publ. Info: Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 101 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 16939 - 16950 Identifier: ISSN: 0148-0227
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/991042728714264_1