Articles | Volume 15, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7397-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-7397-2022
Model evaluation paper
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05 Oct 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 05 Oct 2022

A preliminary evaluation of FY-4A visible radiance data assimilation by the WRF (ARW v4.1.1)/DART (Manhattan release v9.8.0)-RTTOV (v12.3) system for a tropical storm case

Yongbo Zhou, Yubao Liu, Zhaoyang Huo, and Yang Li

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The study evaluates the performance of the Data Assimilation Research Testbed (DART), equipped with the recently added forward operator Radiative Transfer for TOVS (RTTOV), in assimilating FY-4A visible images into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The ability of the WRF-DART/RTTOV system to improve the forecasting skills for a tropical storm over East Asia and the Western Pacific is demonstrated in an Observing System Simulation Experiment framework.
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