Progress, challenges, and future steps in data assimilation for convection‐permitting numerical weather prediction: Report on the virtual meeting held on 10 and 12 …

G Hu, SL Dance, RN Bannister… - Atmospheric Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In November 2021, the Royal Meteorological Society Data Assimilation (DA)
Special Interest Group and the University of Reading hosted a virtual meeting on the topic of …

Simultaneous multiscale data assimilation using scale‐and variable‐dependent localization in EnVar for convection allowing analyses and forecasts: Methodology …

Y Wang, X Wang - Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study introduces a simultaneous multiscale data assimilation method by implementing
model space spatial scale‐dependent localization (SDL) and variable‐dependent …

[HTML][HTML] A multiscale local gain form ensemble transform Kalman filter (MLGETKF)

X Wang, HG Chipilski, CH Bishop… - Monthly Weather …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A new multiscale, ensemble-based data assimilation (DA) method, multiscale local gain
form ensemble transform Kalman filter (MLGETKF), is introduced. MLGETKF allows …

Using a cost-effective approach to increase background ensemble member size within the GSI-based EnVar system for improved radar analyses and forecasts of …

NA Gasperoni, X Wang, Y Wang - Monthly Weather Review, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
A valid time shifting (VTS) method is explored for the GSI-based ensemble variational
(EnVar) system modified to directly assimilate radar reflectivity at convective scales. VTS is a …

[HTML][HTML] A simultaneous multiscale data assimilation using scale-dependent localization in GSI-based hybrid 4DEnVar for NCEP FV3-based GFS

B Huang, X Wang, DT Kleist, T Lei - Monthly Weather Review, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A scale-dependent localization (SDL) method was formulated and implemented in the
Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI)-based four-dimensional ensemble-variational …

Implementation of scale-dependent background-error covariance localization in the Canadian global deterministic prediction system

JF Caron, M Buehner - Weather and Forecasting, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
The approach of applying different amounts of horizontal localization to different ranges of
background-error covariance horizontal scales as proposed by Buehner and Shlyaeva was …

Improving CONUS convective‐scale forecasting with simultaneous multiscale data assimilation

Y Wang, X Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate initialization of CONUS convective‐scale forecasting requires a proper estimate of
all resolved scales. This study further develops and examines a simultaneous multiscale …

Estimating optimal localization for sampled background‐error covariances of hydrometeor variables

M Destouches, T Montmerle, Y Michel… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Kilometre‐scale numerical weather prediction addresses the challenge of forecasting
accurately clouds and precipitation. Ensemble‐based data assimilation methods make use …

Impact of hydrometeor control variables in a convective‐scale 3DEnVar data assimilation scheme

M Destouches, T Montmerle, Y Michel… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Initialization of condensate water variables for convective‐scale weather forecasting has
been a topic of active research for the last few years. In this article, we present the addition of …

Case dependence of multiscale interactions between multisource perturbations for convection-permitting ensemble forecasting during SCMREX

X Zhang - Monthly Weather Review, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study examines the case dependence of the multiscale characteristics of initial
condition (IC) and model physics (MO) perturbations and their interactions in a convection …