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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-148
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2024-148
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20 Nov 2024
Submitted as: development and technical paper |  | 20 Nov 2024
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Development of the CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var assimilation system v1.0 – Part 1: System description

Yongzhu Liu, Xiaoye Zhang, Wei Han, Chao Wang, Wenxing Jia, Deying Wang, Zhaorong Zhuang, and Xueshun Shen

Abstract. We developed a strongly coupled chemistry meteorology four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) assimilation system, CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var, for investigating the feedbacks of chemical data assimilation on meteorological forecasts. This system was developed on the basis of the framework of the incremental analysis scheme of the China Meteorological Administration Global Forecasting System (CMA-GFS). CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var includes three component models: forward, tangent linear, and adjoint models. CMA-GFS-AERO forward model was constructed by integrating an aerosol module containing main physical processes of black carbon (BC) aerosol in the atmosphere into the CMA-GFS weather model. The tangent linear and the adjoint of the aerosol module was further developed and coupled online with the CMA-GFS tangent linear and adjoint models, respectively. In CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var, the BC mass concentration was used as the control variable and minimized together with atmospheric variables. The validation of this system includes the tangent linear approximation, the adjoint correctness test, the single-point observation ideal experiment and the full observation experiment. The results show that CMA-GFS-AERO tangent linear model performs well in tangent linear approximation for BC, and adjoint sensitivity agrees well with tangent linear sensitivity. Assimilating BC observations can generate analysis increments not only for BC but also for atmospheric variables, highlighting the capability of CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var in exploring the feedback effect of BC assimilation on atmospheric variables. The computational performance of CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var also indicates the potential in operational application. This study focuses on the theoretical architecture and practical implementation of the system, the detailed analysis of the batch test will be described in part 2 of this paper.

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Yongzhu Liu, Xiaoye Zhang, Wei Han, Chao Wang, Wenxing Jia, Deying Wang, Zhaorong Zhuang, and Xueshun Shen

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In order to investigate the feedbacks of chemical data assimilation on meteorological forecasts, we developed a strongly coupled chemistry meteorology four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) assimilation system, CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var, based on the framework of the incremental analysis scheme of the CMA-GFS operational global numerical weather model. The results show that assimilating BC observations can generate analysis increments not only for BC but also for atmospheric variables.