Assimilation of GOES-16 ABI All-Sky Radiance Observations in RRFS Using EnVar: Methodology, System Development, and Impacts for a Severe …

SK Degelia, X Wang, Y Wang… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites
provides high-resolution observations of cloud structures that could be highly beneficial for …

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 …

Valid time shifting for an experimental RRFS convection-allowing EnVar data assimilation and forecast system: Description and systematic evaluation in real time

NA Gasperoni, X Wang, Y Wang - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study describes a real-time implementation of valid time shifting (VTS) within the
Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation–based ensemble-variational (EnVar) data assimilation …

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 …

Evaluating the multiscale implementation of valid time shifting within a real-time EnVar data assimilation and forecast system for the 2022 HWT Spring Forecasting …

NA Gasperoni, X Wang, Y Wang… - Weather and …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Multiscale valid time shifting (VTS) was explored for a real-time convection-allowing
ensemble (CAE) data assimilation (DA) system featuring hourly assimilation of conventional …

Impact of radar reflectivity data assimilation frequency on convection-allowing forecasts of diverse cases over the continental United States

Y Yang, X Wang - Monthly Weather Review, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The sensitivity of convection-allowing forecasts over the continental United States to radar
reflectivity data assimilation (DA) frequency is explored within the Gridpoint Statistical …

A Comparison of 3DEnVar and 4DEnVar for Convective-Scale Direct Radar Reflectivity Data Assimilation in the Context of a Filter and a Smoother

Y Yang, X Wang - Monthly Weather Review, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI)-based four-and three-dimensional
ensemble–variational (4DEnVar and 3DEnVar) methods are compared as a smoother and a …

Impact of microphysics parameterization schemes on the assimilation of GOES‐16 ABI all‐sky infrared radiances for a bow echo analysis and prediction

YS Kim, X Wang, A Johnson - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to investigate how assimilating GOES‐16 ABI infrared brightness
temperature (BT) with different microphysics schemes affects the convection‐allowing …

Scale-dependent verification of the OU MAP convection allowing ensemble initialized with multi-scale and large-scale perturbations during the 2019 NOAA …

A Johnson, F Han, Y Wang, X Wang - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Given the large range of resolvable space and time scales in large-domain convection-
allowing for ensemble forecasts, there is a need to better understand optimal initial-condition …

Impact of direct radar reflectivity data assimilation on the simulation of mesoscale descending inflow and secondary eyewall formation in Hurricane Matthew (2016)

TH Li, X Wang, X Lu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of assimilating ground‐based radar reflectivity on the rainband structure and
secondary eyewall formation (SEF) of Hurricane Matthew (2016) is investigated within the …