The impact of inhomogenous background errors on a global wave data assimilation system |
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| Authors: | Diana J M Greenslade Ian R Young |
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a Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
b Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Abstract: | One of the main limitations in current wave data assimilation systems is the lack of an accurate representation of the structure of the background errors. In this work, models for the observational error variance, background error variance and background error correlations are developed based on the results of previous studies. These are tested in a global wave data assimilation system and the resulting wave forecasts are verified against independent observations from buoys. Forecasts of significant wave height show substantial improvement over the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's current operational wave forecasting system. However, forecasts of peak period are not similarly improved. The regional impacts of the new assimilation scheme are found to vary on a seasonal basis. Overall, it is shown that the inclusion of a latitudinally dependent background error, and improved specification of the background and observational error variances can reduce the root-mean-square error of 24-hour forecast Significant Wave Height by almost 10%. |
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| Keywords: | Data assimilation Significant wave height Background errors |
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