Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation and Targeted Observation of a Chemical Tracer in a Sea Breeze Model
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2007
Keywords
Air quality modeling, Data assimilation, Ensemble modeling, Adaptive observations
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.046
Abstract
We study the use of ensemble-based Kalman filtering of chemical observations for constraining forecast uncertainties and for selecting targeted observations. Using a coupled model of two-dimensional sea breeze dynamics and chemical tracer transport, we perform three numerical experiments. First, we investigate the chemical tracer forecast uncertainties associated with meteorological initial condition and forcing error. We find that the ensemble variance and error builds during the transition between land and sea breeze phases of the circulation. Second, we investigate the effects on the forecast variance and error of assimilating tracer concentration observations extracted from a truth simulation for a network of surface locations. We find that assimilation reduces the variance and error in both the observed variable (chemical tracer concentrations) and unobserved meteorological variables (vorticity and buoyancy). Finally, we investigate the potential value to the forecast of targeted observations. We calculate an observation impact factor that maximizes the total decrease in model uncertainty summed over all state variables. We find that locations of optimal targeted observations remain similar before and after assimilation of regular network observations.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Atmospheric Environment, v. 41, issue 14, p. 3082-3094
Scholar Commons Citation
Stuart, Amy L. and Aksoy, Atlug, "Ensemble-Based Data Assimilation and Targeted Observation of a Chemical Tracer in a Sea Breeze Model" (2007). Environmental and Occupational Health Faculty Publications. 25.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/eoh_facpub/25
