scholarly journals Interfacing the NRL 1-D High Vertical Resolution Aerosol Model with COAMPS

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Hoppel ◽  
Peter Caffrey
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Aerosol Model ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

scholarly journals First results of the PML monitor of atmospheric turbulence profile with high vertical resolution

2013 ◽  
Vol 559 ◽  
pp. L6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ziad ◽  
F. Blary ◽  
J. Borgnino ◽  
Y. Fanteï-Caujolle ◽  
E. Aristidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Turbulence ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
First Results ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

Monitoring atmospheric turbulence profiles with high vertical resolution using PML/PBL instrument

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Blary ◽  
A. Ziad ◽  
J. Borgnino ◽  
Y. Fantéï-Caujolle ◽  
Eric Aristidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Turbulence ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

A Global Survey of Static Stability in the Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 2275-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Grise ◽  
David W. J. Thompson ◽  
Thomas Birner
Keyword(s):  
Inversion Layer ◽  
Broad Band ◽  
Static Stability ◽  
Stability Field ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Quasi Biennial Oscillation ◽  
Upper Troposphere ◽  
Global Survey ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

Abstract Static stability is a fundamental dynamical quantity that measures the vertical temperature stratification of the atmosphere. However, the magnitude and structure of finescale features in this field are difficult to discern in temperature data with low vertical resolution. In this study, the authors apply more than six years of high vertical resolution global positioning system radio occultation temperature profiles to document the long-term mean structure and variability of the global static stability field in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. The most pronounced feature in the long-term mean static stability field is the well-known transition from low values in the troposphere to high values in the stratosphere. Superposed on this general structure are a series of finer-scale features: a minimum in static stability in the tropical upper troposphere, a broad band of high static stability in the tropical stratosphere, increases in static stability within the core of the stratospheric polar vortices, and a shallow but pronounced maximum in static stability just above the tropopause at all latitudes [i.e., the “tropopause inversion layer” (TIL)]. The results shown here provide the first global survey of static stability using high vertical resolution data and also uncover two novel aspects of the static stability field. In the tropical lower stratosphere, the results reveal a unique vertically and horizontally varying static stability structure, with maxima located at ∼17 and ∼19 km. The upper feature peaks during the NH cold season and has its largest magnitude between 10° and 15° latitude in both hemispheres; the lower feature exhibits a weaker seasonal cycle and is centered at the equator. The results also demonstrate that the strength of the TIL is closely tied to stratospheric dynamic variability. The magnitude of the TIL is enhanced following sudden stratospheric warmings in the polar regions and the easterly phase of the quasi-biennial oscillation in the tropics.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Regional Aircraft Observations Using TAMDAR

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 627-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Moninger ◽  
Stanley G. Benjamin ◽  
Brian D. Jamison ◽  
Thomas W. Schlatter ◽  
Tracy Lorraine Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Observation System ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Commercial Aircraft ◽  
Aircraft Observation ◽  
Aircraft Observations ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

Abstract A multiyear evaluation of a regional aircraft observation system [Tropospheric Aircraft Meteorological Data Reports (TAMDAR)] is presented. TAMDAR observation errors are compared with errors in traditional reports from commercial aircraft [aircraft meteorological data reports (AMDAR)], and the impacts of TAMDAR observations on forecasts from the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) over a 3-yr period are evaluated. Because of the high vertical resolution of TAMDAR observations near the surface, a novel verification system has been developed and employed that compares RUC forecasts against raobs every 10 hPa; this revealed TAMDAR-related positive impacts on RUC forecasts—particularly for relative humidity forecasts—that were not evident when only raob mandatory levels were considered. In addition, multiple retrospective experiments were performed over two 10-day periods, one in winter and one in summer; these allowed for the assessment of the impacts of various data assimilation strategies and varying data resolutions. TAMDAR’s impacts on 3-h RUC forecasts of temperature, relative humidity, and wind are found to be positive and, for temperature and relative humidity, substantial in the region, altitude, and time range over which TAMDAR-equipped aircraft operated during the studied period of analysis.

Development of Microwave Limb Sounder

2012 ◽  
Vol 500 ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Yue Feng Zhao ◽  
Jing Li
Keyword(s):  
Stratospheric Ozone ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Jet Propulsion ◽  
Upper Troposphere ◽  
The Past ◽  
High Vertical Resolution ◽  
Temperature And Pressure ◽  
Jet Propulsion Laboratory ◽  
Lower Noise ◽  
Higher Sensitivity

Microwave limb sounding is powerful to measure atmospheric compositions, temperature and pressure with high vertical resolution. During the past few decades many countries have developed several Microwave limb sounders to improve our understanding of stratospheric ozone chemistry and dynamics, the interaction of composition and climate and pollution in the upper troposphere. This issue will outline five existed MLS instrument and analyze their adopted techniques for lower noise and higher sensitivity as well as their capabilities comparisons. In American, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has already developed three MLS instruments: the UARS-MLS, EOS-MLS and CAMEO-SMLS which is ready for launch in 2011. In Japan, its JEM/SMILES is the first MLS instrument to use superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers with a mechanical 4-K refrigerator in space. In Sweden, the millimeter and sub millimeter limb-emission sounder on Odin uses actively cooled Schottky receivers with auto-correlators and wide hand AOS.

scholarly journals PUMP–CTD-System for trace metal sampling with a high vertical resolution. A test in the Gotland Basin, Baltic Sea

Chemosphere ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 1309-1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilie Strady ◽  
Christa Pohl ◽  
Evgeniy V. Yakushev ◽  
Siegfried Krüger ◽  
Ursula Hennings
Keyword(s):  
Trace Metal ◽  
Baltic Sea ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Gotland Basin ◽  
High Vertical Resolution

scholarly journals Added-value of GEO-hyperspectral Infrared Radiances for Local Severe Storm Forecasts Using the Hybrid OSSE Method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Wang ◽  
Zhenglong Li ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Timothy J. Schmit
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Resolution ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
Atmospheric Temperature ◽  
Added Value ◽  
High Spectral Resolution ◽  
Vertical Resolution ◽  
Severe Storm ◽  
Impact Studies ◽  
High Vertical Resolution ◽  
The Impact

AbstractHigh spectral resolution (or hyperspectral) infrared (IR) sounders onboard low earth orbiting satellites provide high vertical resolution atmospheric information for numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. In contrast, imagers on geostationary (GEO) satellites provide high temporal and spatial resolution which are important for monitoring the moisture associated with severe weather systems, such as rapidly developing local severe storms (LSS). A hyperspectral IR sounder onboard a geostationary satellite would provide four-dimensional atmospheric temperature, moisture, and wind profiles that have both high vertical resolution and high temporal/spatial resolutions. In this work, the added-value from a GEO-hyperspectral IR sounder is studied and discussed using a hybrid Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) method. A hybrid OSSE is distinctively different from the traditional OSSE in that, (a) only future sensors are simulated from the nature run and (b) the forecasts can be evaluated using real observations. This avoids simulating the complicated observation characteristics of the current systems (but not the new proposed system) and allows the impact to be assessed against real observations. The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) full spectral resolution (FSR) is assumed to be onboard a GEO for the impact studies, and the GEO CrIS radiances are simulated from the ECMWF Reanalysis v5 (ERA5) with the hyperspectral IR all-sky radiative transfer model (HIRTM). The simulated GEO CrIS radiances are validated and the hybrid OSSE system is verified before the impact assessment. Two LSS cases from 2018 and 2019 are selected to evaluate the value-added impacts from the GEO CrIS-FSR data. The impact studies show improved atmospheric temperature, moisture, and precipitation forecasts, along with some improvements in the wind forecasts. An added-value, consisting of an overall 5% Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) reduction, was found when a GEO CrIS-FSR is used in replacement of LEO ones indicating the potential for applications of data from a GEO hyperspectral IR sounder to improve local severe storm forecasts.

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