Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2002 · 12 citations · 29 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesMeteorologyAtmospheric DynamicsAtmospheric ScienceNumerical Weather PredictionData AssimilationForecast VerificationNumerical Weather Prediction Data AssimilationOcean-atmosphere CouplingOcean-atmosphere InteractionAdvective TransportCoupled Ocean-atmosphere FluxesCoupled Ocean-atmosphere InteractionCoupled Ocean-atmosphere ModelingSamplingTop-of-atmosphere Radiative FluxVariational ModelingVertical Velocity Profiles
The objective of this study is to examine the effectiveness of the variational objective analysis (VOA) for producing realistic diagnoses of atmospheric field program data. Simulations from the Naval Research Laboratory's Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS) were sampled in a manner consistent with a typical field program using idealized sounding arrays and, surface and top of the atmosphere flux information. These data were then subject to a conventional form of analysis in which only a mass constraint was applied, hereafter referred to as the reference analysis, as well as to the complete VOA procedure. The diagnosed results from both analyses were then compared to time-and domain-averaged quantities from the model.
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