Since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was the first Winter Olympics in history held in continental winter monsoon climate conditions across complex terrain areas,there is a deficiency of relevant research,operational...Since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was the first Winter Olympics in history held in continental winter monsoon climate conditions across complex terrain areas,there is a deficiency of relevant research,operational techniques,and experience.This made providing meteorological services for this event particularly challenging.The China Meteorological Administration(CMA)Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre,achieved breakthroughs in research on short-and medium-term deterministic and ensemble numerical predictions.Several key technologies crucial for precise winter weather services during the Winter Olympics were developed.A comprehensive framework,known as the Operational System for High-Precision Weather Forecasting for the Winter Olympics,was established.Some of these advancements represent the highest level of capabilities currently available in China.The meteorological service provided to the Beijing 2022 Games also exceeded previous Winter Olympic Games in both variety and quality.This included achievements such as the“100-meter level,minute level”downscaled spatiotemporal resolution and forecasts spanning 1 to 15 days.Around 30 new technologies and over 60 kinds of products that align with the requirements of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee were developed,and many of these techniques have since been integrated into the CMA’s operational national forecasting systems.These accomplishments were facilitated by a dedicated weather forecasting and research initiative,in conjunction with the preexisting real-time operational forecasting systems of the CMA.This program represents one of the five subprograms of the WMO’s high-impact weather forecasting demonstration project(SMART2022),and continues to play an important role in their Regional Association(RA)II Research Development Project(Hangzhou RDP).Therefore,the research accomplishments and meteorological service experiences from this program will be carried forward into forthcoming highimpact weather forecasting activities.This article provides an overview and assessment of this program and the operational national forecasting systems.展开更多
Atmospheric variability is driven not only by internal dynamics, but also by external forcing, such as soil states, SST, snow, sea-ice cover, and so on. To investigate the forecast uncertainties and effects of land su...Atmospheric variability is driven not only by internal dynamics, but also by external forcing, such as soil states, SST, snow, sea-ice cover, and so on. To investigate the forecast uncertainties and effects of land surface processes on numerical weather prediction, we added modules to perturb soil moisture and soil temperature into NCEP＇s Global Ensemble Forecast System （GEFS）, and compared the results of a set of experiments involving different configurations of land surface and atmospheric perturbation. It was found that uncertainties in different soil layers varied due to the multiple timescales of interactions between land surface and atmospheric processes. Perturbations of the soil moisture and soil temperature at the land surface changed sensible and latent heat flux obviously, as compared to the less or indirect land surface perturbation experiment from the day-to-day forecasts. Soil state perturbations led to greater variation in surface heat fluxes that transferred to the upper troposphere, thus reflecting interactions and the response to atmospheric external forcing. Various verification scores were calculated in this study. The results indicated that taking the uncertainties of land surface processes into account in GEFS could contribute a slight improvement in forecast skill in terms of resolution and reliability, a noticeable reduction in forecast error, as well as an increase in ensemble spread in an under-dispersive system. This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of the effects of land surface processes on predictability. Further research using more complex and suitable methods is needed to fully explore our understanding in this area.展开更多
Based on an Ensemble Prediction System with the BGM method on the regional numerical prediction model AREM, Static State Perturbation （SSP, including Initial Random Perturbation and Perturbation Restriction） and Dyn...Based on an Ensemble Prediction System with the BGM method on the regional numerical prediction model AREM, Static State Perturbation （SSP, including Initial Random Perturbation and Perturbation Restriction） and Dynamic State Perturbation （DSP） are designed. The impacts of both perturbations on precipitation prediction are studied by analyzing a slrong precipitation process oc- curring during July 20-21, 2008. The results show that both SSP and DSP play a positive role in prediction of mesoscale precipita- tion, such as lowering the （missing） rate of precipitation prediction. SSP is mainly helpful for the 24-hour prediction, while DSP can improve both 24-hour and 48-hour prediction. DSP is better than the two SSPs in the hit rate of regional precipitation prediction. However, the former also has a little higher false alarm rate than the latter. DSP enlarges in some extent the dispersion of EPS, which is good for EPS.展开更多
This paper reviews the development of ensemble weather forecast and the primary techniques employed in the main ensemble prediction systems(EPSs)designed by China and other countries.Here,the emphasis is placed on the...This paper reviews the development of ensemble weather forecast and the primary techniques employed in the main ensemble prediction systems(EPSs)designed by China and other countries.Here,the emphasis is placed on the advancements in the China Meteorological Administration(CMA)global and regional ensemble prediction systems(i.e.,CMA-GEPS and CMA-REPS),with particular attention to operational technologies such as initial and model perturbation methods and the applications of ensemble forecast.Through comparative verification with EPSs from other leading international numerical weather prediction(NWP)centers,CMA’s EPSs demonstrate forecast skills comparable to its global counterparts.As EPSs progress to convective scales and coupled systems between sea,land,air,and ice,the paper addresses some key challenges in ensemble forecast technologies across the aspects of operation,science,integration of artificial intelligence(AI),merging of weather and climate models,and challenging user requirements.Finally,a summary of conclusions and future perspectives on ensemble forecast are provided.展开更多
基金This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41975137,42175012,and 41475097)the National Key Research and Development Program(Grant No.2018YFF0300103).
文摘Since the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was the first Winter Olympics in history held in continental winter monsoon climate conditions across complex terrain areas,there is a deficiency of relevant research,operational techniques,and experience.This made providing meteorological services for this event particularly challenging.The China Meteorological Administration(CMA)Earth System Modeling and Prediction Centre,achieved breakthroughs in research on short-and medium-term deterministic and ensemble numerical predictions.Several key technologies crucial for precise winter weather services during the Winter Olympics were developed.A comprehensive framework,known as the Operational System for High-Precision Weather Forecasting for the Winter Olympics,was established.Some of these advancements represent the highest level of capabilities currently available in China.The meteorological service provided to the Beijing 2022 Games also exceeded previous Winter Olympic Games in both variety and quality.This included achievements such as the“100-meter level,minute level”downscaled spatiotemporal resolution and forecasts spanning 1 to 15 days.Around 30 new technologies and over 60 kinds of products that align with the requirements of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee were developed,and many of these techniques have since been integrated into the CMA’s operational national forecasting systems.These accomplishments were facilitated by a dedicated weather forecasting and research initiative,in conjunction with the preexisting real-time operational forecasting systems of the CMA.This program represents one of the five subprograms of the WMO’s high-impact weather forecasting demonstration project(SMART2022),and continues to play an important role in their Regional Association(RA)II Research Development Project(Hangzhou RDP).Therefore,the research accomplishments and meteorological service experiences from this program will be carried forward into forthcoming highimpact weather forecasting activities.This article provides an overview and assessment of this program and the operational national forecasting systems.
基金supported by the National Fundamental(973) Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB430100)the Special Fund for Meteorological Scientific Research in the Public Interest(Grant No.GYHY201506005)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41475097,41075079,41275065 and 41475054)
文摘Atmospheric variability is driven not only by internal dynamics, but also by external forcing, such as soil states, SST, snow, sea-ice cover, and so on. To investigate the forecast uncertainties and effects of land surface processes on numerical weather prediction, we added modules to perturb soil moisture and soil temperature into NCEP＇s Global Ensemble Forecast System （GEFS）, and compared the results of a set of experiments involving different configurations of land surface and atmospheric perturbation. It was found that uncertainties in different soil layers varied due to the multiple timescales of interactions between land surface and atmospheric processes. Perturbations of the soil moisture and soil temperature at the land surface changed sensible and latent heat flux obviously, as compared to the less or indirect land surface perturbation experiment from the day-to-day forecasts. Soil state perturbations led to greater variation in surface heat fluxes that transferred to the upper troposphere, thus reflecting interactions and the response to atmospheric external forcing. Various verification scores were calculated in this study. The results indicated that taking the uncertainties of land surface processes into account in GEFS could contribute a slight improvement in forecast skill in terms of resolution and reliability, a noticeable reduction in forecast error, as well as an increase in ensemble spread in an under-dispersive system. This paper provides a preliminary evaluation of the effects of land surface processes on predictability. Further research using more complex and suitable methods is needed to fully explore our understanding in this area.
基金supported by the Special Fund for Meteorology Scientific Research in the Public Interest in 2007(GYHY(QX)2007-6-12)
文摘Based on an Ensemble Prediction System with the BGM method on the regional numerical prediction model AREM, Static State Perturbation （SSP, including Initial Random Perturbation and Perturbation Restriction） and Dynamic State Perturbation （DSP） are designed. The impacts of both perturbations on precipitation prediction are studied by analyzing a slrong precipitation process oc- curring during July 20-21, 2008. The results show that both SSP and DSP play a positive role in prediction of mesoscale precipita- tion, such as lowering the （missing） rate of precipitation prediction. SSP is mainly helpful for the 24-hour prediction, while DSP can improve both 24-hour and 48-hour prediction. DSP is better than the two SSPs in the hit rate of regional precipitation prediction. However, the former also has a little higher false alarm rate than the latter. DSP enlarges in some extent the dispersion of EPS, which is good for EPS.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2242213 and 42341209).
文摘This paper reviews the development of ensemble weather forecast and the primary techniques employed in the main ensemble prediction systems(EPSs)designed by China and other countries.Here,the emphasis is placed on the advancements in the China Meteorological Administration(CMA)global and regional ensemble prediction systems(i.e.,CMA-GEPS and CMA-REPS),with particular attention to operational technologies such as initial and model perturbation methods and the applications of ensemble forecast.Through comparative verification with EPSs from other leading international numerical weather prediction(NWP)centers,CMA’s EPSs demonstrate forecast skills comparable to its global counterparts.As EPSs progress to convective scales and coupled systems between sea,land,air,and ice,the paper addresses some key challenges in ensemble forecast technologies across the aspects of operation,science,integration of artificial intelligence(AI),merging of weather and climate models,and challenging user requirements.Finally,a summary of conclusions and future perspectives on ensemble forecast are provided.
