Note for OSSE Capability

Michiko Masutani  2/11/2008

(This is an informal note based on my personal impression.)

 

 

NCEP

 

Coordinate Joint OSSE effort.  Contact point for ECMWF

 

Coordinating calibration experiments

 

Process and distribute NR

 

Processing Nature run into 91 level profiles (OBS91L)

            This requires processing NR in 3D

 

Simulate conventional observation

 

Simulate uniform data and other idealized data

            Michiko Masutani Jim Purser

 

Conduct global data assimilation with GSI and GFS

 

Include codes to process new

All radiance which has been implemented to GSI

DWL with LOS (It require more test for GSI.  Operational code will not work.)

Quick Scat

ASCAT: under development

 

Assist GSI and GFS code and scripts: Yucheng Song and Michiko Masutani

            With help from  Daryl Kleist and other GSI member H Liu, X Su.

 

Assist usage of CRTM: David Groff is acting as contact person

 

Provide utility code: Wesley Ebisuzaki, George Gyno

 

Theoretical support for data assimilation: Jim Purser and other member of GSI developers

 

NESDIS

Simulate radiance from OBS91L using CRTM and other existing RTMs

            (Tong Zhu, Haibing Sun)

 

Development CRTM (Many)

 

Support for CTRM usage (Tong Zhu)

 

Evaluate radiance data and produce plot

 

Conduct data assimilation (Jim Jung)

 

 

NASA/GSFC

 

Simulation of Radiance: Ron Errico and Runhua Yang with help of Emily Liu

Currently they use OBS91L produced by  NCEP. Code is provided by J. Woollen(NCEP)  In future they will produce them selves.

CRTM is provided by Tong Zhu (NESDIS) and SARTA by Haibing (NESDIS)

 

Simulation of conventional data

            Ron Errico will repeat Jack's work.  Need coordination

 

Theoretical support for data assimilation: Ron Errico and other GMAO staff

 

Simulation of DWL GWOS concept: Alindo DaSilva Math McGill

 

Maintenance of portal system and NASA OSSE web site: Harper Pryor

 

Conduct data assimilation using GSI and GEOS-5 model

            In order to simulate DWL, GMAO need to upgrade from NCEP.

 

Diagnostics of hurricane, mid latitude cyclone statistics: Oreste Reale and his hires

 

Write up papers on diagnostics - Oreste Reale

 

Visualization of NR- Summer time internship program

 

Sensor web project at SIVO will have various relevant work

 

 

NOAA/ESRL

 

Help coordinating Joint OSSE -- Tom Schlatter

 

Simulate Unmanned Air Craft System (UAS) -- (Niki Prive and Yuanfu Xie)

 

Conduct data assimilation  using NCEP GFS and  GSI -- (Niki Prive and Yuanfu Xie)

 

Assist on GSI: Steve (Weigandt and  M. Hu)

 

Capable to conduct regional OSSE : Steve Weygandt

 

Theoretical support for data assimilation: Dezso Devenyi, Tom Schletter, Steve Weygandt

 

Possibly simulate radiance data (Daniel L Birkenheuer )

 

SWA

SWA will receive better PCs from NASA for sensor web project

 

SWA investigating cloud effect in simulating DWL

 

SWA has long time experience in simulating DWL data and simulate DWL for T213 NR.

 

SWA has received a fund to simulate GWOS and NWOS as well as other and follow-on mission concepts.

 

Participating sensor web project at NASA/SIVO

 

KNMI

 

KNMI has access to ECMWF computing system

 

Simulate DWL for ADM mission with a non scan lidar and for follow-on concept (multiple non-scan lidar)

 

Simulate scattermeter data

 

Conduct  data assimilation using ECMWF system

 

SOSSE (Other type of simulation experiments)

 

EMCWF

 

Produce NR

 

Conduct data assimilation using ECMWF system

            Identical twin OSSE and fraternal twin OSSE to study model error

 

Data impact test using ensemble spread

 

GRI/MSS

Valentine Anantharaj,  Pat Fitzpatrick, Chris Hill,

All three can work on coding and experimenting

Val is most senior.  Pat may be professor Chris is finishing up PhD

 

Familiar with RAM, MM5, and WRF

They may be able to produce meso-regional NR and willing to share within Joint OSSE

Computer with 100 CPU

Committed to conduct meso/regional OSSE

Agreed to start from regional OSSE with  T799 NR

 

Wisconsin

Familier with RAM and other meso scale model

Simulation of radiance-Alan Huang

Help SWA to simulate Cloud motion vectors - Chris Velden

They may be able to produce meso-regional NR

 

JMA, JAMSTEC and NICAM project at Univ. Tokyo

Access to Earth Simulator (ES).  Requires to write a proposal to use ES

 

Takeshi Enomoto of JAMSTEC may be interested in running NICAM to produce global mesoscale model

 

JMA has  4D-var, LETKF and 3D-var.  Comparison between 4D-var and LETKF can be done at JMA computer. - Takemasa Miyowhi

 

 

NCAR

Help distribution of verification data.

 

University of Utah

Conduct regional OSSE using GSI to evaluate DWL:  Zhaoxia Pu

 

NRL

OSSE to test regional data assimilation (Craig Bishop)