Articles | Volume 16, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-7123-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-7123-2023
Development and technical paper
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08 Dec 2023
Development and technical paper |  | 08 Dec 2023

Data assimilation for the Model for Prediction Across Scales – Atmosphere with the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI-MPAS 2.0.0-beta): ensemble of 3D ensemble-variational (En-3DEnVar) assimilations

Jonathan J. Guerrette, Zhiquan Liu, Chris Snyder, Byoung-Joo Jung, Craig S. Schwartz, Junmei Ban, Steven Vahl, Yali Wu, Ivette Hernández Baños, Yonggang G. Yu, Soyoung Ha, Yannick Trémolet, Thomas Auligné, Clementine Gas, Benjamin Ménétrier, Anna Shlyaeva, Mark Miesch, Stephen Herbener, Emily Liu, Daniel Holdaway, and Benjamin T. Johnson

Data sets

NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Grids Historical Archive National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce https://doi.org/10.5065/D65D8PWK

NCEP ADP Global Upper Air and Surface Weather Observations (PREPBUFR format) National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce https://doi.org/10.5065/Z83F-N512

NCEP GDAS Satellite Data 2004-continuing National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce https://doi.org/10.5065/DWYZ-Q852

Model code and software

JEDI-MPAS Data Assimilation System v2.0.0-beta Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation and National Center for Atmospheric Research https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7630054

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Short summary
We demonstrate an ensemble of variational data assimilations (EDA) with the Model for Prediction Across Scales and the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) software framework. When compared to 20-member ensemble forecasts from operational initial conditions, those from 80-member EDA-generated initial conditions improve flow-dependent error covariances and subsequent 10 d forecasts. These experiments are repeatable for any atmospheric model with a JEDI interface.