ECPC Seasonal Prediction System

Masao Kanamitsu Laurel DeHaanElena Yulaeva

andJohn Roads

Current model used

• T62L28 Reduced grid– MPI version running on 32 or 62 processors

• Time scheme– Time splitting– 30 min. time step

Physics1. Relaxed Arakawa Schubert convection scheme. (S?)2. M.D. Chou, long and short wave radiation. (S?)3. Cloudiness based on RH. Further tuning by Meinke. (O) 4. Non-local PBL (S?)5. Gravity wave drag by Alpert et al. (O?)6. Smoothed mean orography from gtopo30. (S?)7. NOAH land scheme with high resolution surface characteristics (N)8. Leith horizontal diffusion on quasi-pressure level (S?)9. Tiedtke shallow convection scheme (S?)10. Surface pressure correction. (?)11. SST surface angulations correction (S?)

S: Same as NCEP SFMO: Older than NCEP SFMN: Newer than NCEP SFM

Difference due to convective parameterization

Timing

• Total 134 months (11.2 years)– Ten 1-month AMIP + – Twelve 7-month – Ten 4-month

• Using 30 processors (3GHz Xeon)

• 38 hours (38 sec. per day)

ECPC SFM(8 hrs for each SST)

ECPC SFM(11 hrs)

Observed SSTs, snow,

and ice from NCEP

4 months

7 months

Persisted SST anomaly

Predicted SSTs NCEP

Predicted SSTs VanDenDool

Predicted SSTsLdeo

12 members4 from each SST

10 members

ECPC Seasonal Forecast

AMIP(2 hrs)

1 month

Times given are with 30 processors. With 60 processors, the entire forecast can be done in approximately 20 hours.

Web Examples

SPREAD

GLOBAL ANOMALY

CONSISTENCY

PNA ANOMALY

http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/projects/GSM_seasons.html

Performance comparisons

FIG. 2. The weight values assigned to each model simulation by the revised six-model optimal combination scheme, for JAS precipitation. Weights , 0.01 are denoted by white. (Robertson et al., 2004)

A Comparison of the Noah and OSU LSMs used in 53 year AMIP runs

ECPC has 2 sets of AMIP runs using our version of the NCEP GSM1) 1949-2001, 10 member with OSU LSM2) 1949-2001, 12 member with Noah LSM

OSU LSM-The LSM created by Oregon State University in the 80’s which includes

-thermal conduction equations for soil temperature-Richardson’s equation for soil moisture

Noah LSM-Upgrade of the OSU LSM completed in 2002 which includes

-increase from 2 to 4 layers-bare soil evaporation and thermal conductivity changes-frozen soil physics-snow melt changes-snow pack physics upgrade-treatment of thermal roughness

Noah – OSU 2m Temperature Difference for 1950-2000 Climatology

Noah is generally warmer than OSU, especially in the wintertime high latitudes.

Noah – OSU Precipitation Difference for 1950-2000 climatology

-The Noah LSM generally produces a greater amount of precipitation over land than the OSU LSM.

-There is a shifting of precip over India and Indo-China in the summer.

Noah – OSU Anomaly Correlation Difference for 1950-1998

Globally Avrgd Anomally Correlations 1950-98

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DJF MAM JJA SON

Noah

OSU

Overall, the skill between the two LSMs is similar.

In the fall, the Noah LSM improves upon the OSU in most areas.

Observations are from IRI.

ECPC’s Seasonal Forecast and Reanalysis-2 Verification

SON Forecast from 200408 DJF Forecast from 200411

-Recently the Noah LSM replaced the OSU LSM.

-Between Aug and Dec ’04, the forecast was run twice, once with each LSM.

Coupled Ocean-Atmospheric Modeling at ECPC

The Ultimate Goal: Ensemble Long Lead Seasonal Forecasts of Climate Variables

An example of the coupled model seasonal forecast of precipitation. The forecast integration was started in April 2005

http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/COUPLED/CM/coupled.html

Coupled modeling: approach• Goal: Coupled data assimilation model for

seasonal (up to 12 months) climate prediction

• Components: – ECPC Atmospheric Global Spectral Model – MIT Oceanic General Circulation Model (JPL

version)

• Initialization from consistent ocean and atmosphere states, coupling every 24 hours

• Computationally effective coupling procedure

MIT Ocean General Circulation Modelhttp://www.ecco-group.org/

• Primitive equations on the sphere• ECCO package • GM eddy parameterization • Full surface mixed layer model• 360x224 (1°x1° horizontal resolution telescoping

towards the equator to 1/3°) horizontal resolution with 46 vertical levels

• Adjoint MIT model exists and is routinely used in JPL together with the forward model for 3D ocean state estimation

Computational Implementation of the MIT OGCM

• Fully Parallelized

• 2D decomposition

• MPI message passing

• LAPACK, BLAS, NETCDF

• Tested on IBM SP, Linux clusters

• Optimized for SIO PC Linux cluster (ROCKS 3.2)

Coupled Model Experiments

1. Long Run (currently 20+ years) – climatology

2. Retrospective forecast experiments

– 12 months long runs starting the first day of every months for 11-year (1994-2004) time period . Skill of the model depending on leading time

– Similar experiments but for the different initial month . Skill of the forecast depending on lead time and season.

3. Experimental Forecasts based on the climatology from retrospective forecasts

SST and surface flow for the Gulf Stream, Loop Current, & Labrador Current

Global ROMS December JPL MIT: Jan.-Feb.-Mar.

Global ROMS December

JPL MIT: Jan.-Feb.-Mar.

Skill of the long integration

Spectra of the time series of the simulated and observed SST anomalies averaged over NINO3.4 region (5˚N-5˚S, 170˚W-120˚W). Both model and observations have picks in between 3 and 5 years

Skill of the El Nino Prediction

Prediction skill of the coupled model. Correlation between the predicted and observed NINO 3.4 SST anomalies. The skill usually drops by the 4-th month, but then picks up after the coupled model dynamics starts to influence the predictability.

NINO3.4 simulation skill from the retrospective March forecasts

Retrospective SST NINO3.4 forecast skill for the coupled model integration started in March (blue lines) compared to the reanalysis data (red line) Except for the 2002 integration, the simulated anomalies, closely follow the Reanalysis data.

11-months lead ocean forecast (from May 2005)

Comparison between predicted (lower panel) and assimilated at JPL (upper panel) SST anomalies for JFM 1998. The coupled model run was started May 1-st, 1997. For “strong forcing” year, the model successfully predicts the main patterns of the SST anomalies for up to 11 months lead.

1998 JFM atmospheric forecast (from May 1997)

Comparison between predicted Z500 (right panel) and Z500 from Reanalysis (left panel) for JFM 1998. The coupled model run was started May 1-st, 1997. The difference is much smaller than the response.

Skill of mid-latitude (170°E - 150°W; 45°N-65°N) Z500 prediction

0.3 (DJF)0.4 (SON)June

0.1 (NDJ)0.2 (ASO)May

0.4 (OND)0.3 (JAS)April

0.1 (SON)0.6 (JJA)March

0.1 (ASO)0.4 (MJJ)February

0.1 (JAS)0.2 (AMJ)January

6 months lead3 months leadForecast starts

ECPC Coupled Experimental Seasonal Prediction Model

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) version of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) OGCM 1°x1° with a telescoping 1/3° resolution close to the equator, 46 vertical levels. Adjoint model exists, routinely used in JPL for ocean state estimation

Global Spectral Model T62 (~200 Km) , 28 vertical levels Physical processes originated from NCEP-DOE reanalysis (R-2) Global and Regional versions are used for experimental seasonal climate predictions at ECPC

Net heat, fresh water, SW radiation fluxes, wind stress.

SST

Coupler every 24 hrs:

Interpolation, integration

Initial Conditions:NCEP R-2

Initial Conditions:

JPL ocean assimilated data

Experimental ECPC Coupled forecast

The graph compares May forecast made by the ECPC Coupled model with forecasts made by other dynamical and statistical models for SST in the Nino 3.4 region for ten overlapping 3-month periods. The data for 'non-ECPC' models is obtained from IRI.

Web examples

Summary

Experiment with the long run has shown that the current version of the coupled model produces realistic intrinsic variability. There is no drift, thus no flux adjustment is necessary.

The validation of the retrospective forecasts revealed that the skill of the model improves after a few months dew to coupling

The current ECPC NINO 3.4 SST forecast lies within the scatter of the IRI forecasts

Future plans

• 2005-2006– Implement cloud water prediction– Minor NOAH upgrade. – Single member coupled forecast– Experimental downscaling over western US

• 2007-2009– Implement VIC with tiling– Ensemble coupled forecast– Ensemble downscaling

• 2010-– Ensemble coupled regional downscaling