The Impact of Dropwindsonde Observations on Typhoon Track Forecasts in DOTSTAR and T-PARC

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Title:	The Impact of Dropwindsonde Observations on Typhoon Track Forecasts in DOTSTAR and T-PARC
Authors:	Chou, KH (Chou, Kun-Hsuan) Wu, CC (Wu, Chun-Chieh) Lin, PH (Lin, Po-Hsiung) Aberson, SD (Aberson, Sim D.) Weissmann, M (Weissmann, Martin) Harnisch, F (Harnisch, Florian) Nakazawa, T (Nakazawa, Tetsuo)
Contributors:	Dept Atmospher Sci
Keywords:	SENSITIVITY STEERING VECTOR 4-DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONAL ASSIMILATION ECMWF OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION POTENTIAL VORTICITY PERSPECTIVES SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE TARGETED OBSERVATIONS MIDLATITUDE TROUGH HURRICANE TRACK SHANSHAN 2006 SYSTEM
Date:	2011-06
Issue Date:	2013-01-17 15:01:29 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	The typhoon surveillance program Dropwindsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the Taiwan Region (DOTSTAR) has been conducted since 2003 to obtain dropwindsonde observations around tropical cyclones near Taiwan. In addition, an international field project The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment (THORPEX) Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) in which dropwindsonde observations were obtained by both surveillance and reconnaissance flights was conducted in summer 2008 in the same region. In this study, the impact of the dropwindsonde data on track forecasts is investigated for DOTSTAR (2003-09) and T-PARC (2008) experiments. Two operational global models from NCEP and ECMWF are used to evaluate the impact of dropwindsonde data. In addition, the impact on the two-model mean is assessed. The impact of dropwindsonde data on track forecasts is different in the NCEP and ECMWF model systems. Using the NCEP system, the assimilation of dropwindsonde data leads to improvements in 1- to 5-day track forecasts in about 60% of the cases. The differences between track forecasts with and without the dropwindsonde data are generally larger for cases in which the data improved the forecasts than in cases in which the forecasts were degraded. Overall, the mean 1- to 5-day track forecast error is reduced by about 10%-20% for both DOTSTAR and T-PARC cases in the NCEP system. In the ECMWF system, the impact is not as beneficial as in the NCEP system, likely because of more extensive use of satellite data and more complex data assimilation used in the former, leading to better performance even without dropwindsonde data. The stronger impacts of the dropwindsonde data are revealed for the 3- to 5-day forecast in the two-model mean of the NCEP and ECMWF systems than for each individual model.
Relation:	MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW Volume: 139 Issue: 6 Pages: 1728-1743
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Atmospheric Sciences & Graduate Institute of Earth Science / Atmospheric Science ] journal articles

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