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Record link:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/18142
https://doi.org/10.34726/1202
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Title:
Assimilation of a ERS scatterometer derived soil moisture index in the ECMWF numerical weather prediction system
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Citation:
Scipal, K., Drusch, M., & Wagner, W. (2008). Assimilation of a ERS scatterometer derived soil moisture index in the ECMWF numerical weather prediction system.
Advances in Water Resources
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31
(8), 1101–1112. https://doi.org/10.34726/1202
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reposiTUm DOI:
10.34726/1202
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Publisher DOI:
10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.04.013
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CatalogPlus:
AC17204894
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Publication Type:
Article - Original Research Article
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Language:
English
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Authors:
Scipal, Klaus
Drusch, Matthias
Wagner, Wolfgang
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Organisational Unit:
E120-01-1 - Forschungsgruppe Mikrowellenfernerkundung
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Journal:
Advances in Water Resources
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ISSN:
0309-1708
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Date (published):
1-Aug-2008
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Number of Pages:
12
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Publisher:
Elsevier
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Peer reviewed:
Yes
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Keywords:
Data assimilation; Numerical weather prediction; Scatterometer; Soil moisture
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Abstract:
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) currently prepares the assimilation of soil moisture data derived from advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) measurements. ASCAT is part of the MetOp satellite payload launched in November 2006 and will ensure the operational provision of soil moisture information until at least 2020. Several studies showed that soil moisture derived from scatterometer data contain skillful information. Based on data from its predecessor instruments, the ERS-1/2 scatterometers we examine the potential of future ASCAT soil moisture data for numerical weather prediction (NWP). In a first step, we compare nine years of the ERS scatterometer derived surface soil moisture index (ΘS) against soil moisture from the ECMWF re-analysis (ERA40) data set (ΘE) to (i) identify systematic differences and (ii) derive a transfer function which minimises these differences and transforms ΘS into model equivalent volumetric soil moisture ΘS*. We then use a nudging scheme to assimilate ΘS* in the soil moisture analysis of the ECMWF numerical weather prediction model. In this scheme the difference between ΘS* and the model first guess ΘFG, calculated at 1200 UTC, is added in 1/4 fractions throughout a 24 h window to the model resulting in analysed soil moisture ΘNDG. We compare results from this experiment against those from a control experiment where soil moisture evolved freely and against those from the operational ECMWF forecast system, which uses an optimum interpolation scheme to analyse soil moisture. Validation against field observations from the Oklahoma Mesonet, shows that the assimilation of ΘS* increases the correlation from 0.39 to 0.66 and decreases the RMSE from 0.055 m3 m-3 to 0.041 m3 m-3 compared against the control experiment. The corresponding forecasts for low level temperature and humidity improve only marginally compared to the control experiment and deteriorate compared to the operational system. In addition, the results suggest that an advanced data assimilation system, like the Extended Kalman Filter, could use the satellite observations more effectively. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Project (external):
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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Project ID:
L148-N10
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License:
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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