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    The representation of the analysis effect in three error simulation techniques

    Authors:

    Loïk Berre,

    Météo France, CNRM/GAME-GMAP, Toulouse, FR
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    Simona Ecaterina Ştefănescu ,

    National Meteorological Administration, SMDCA, Bucharest, RO
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    Margarida Belo Pereira

    Instituto de Meteorologia, Departamento de Vigilância Meteorológica, Lisbon, PT
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    Abstract

    Three error simulation techniques are compared formally, in particular regarding their representation of the analysis step. The associated results are moreover examined for the Aladin-France limited-area model, which is coupled with the Arpege global model.

    It is first shown that the analysis error equation involves the same operators as the analysis equation. This implies that the analysis ensemble approach is appropriate, as the analysis equation is used to transform the background and observation dispersions into the analysis dispersion.

    By contrast, the standard NMC method relies essentially on the analysis increment equation, which contributes to a large extent to the excessive emphasis on the large-scale structures. The so-called lagged NMC method is shown to be closely related to the Arpege/Aladin model differences.

    The analysis ensemble approach gives error spectra that are intermediate between those of the two other methods.

    This is in agreement with the representation of the initial and lateral boundary uncertainties, in a way that is consistent with the influence of the analysis equation and with the short forecast ranges.

    How to Cite: Berre, L., Ştefănescu, S.E. and Pereira, M.B., 2006. The representation of the analysis effect in three error simulation techniques. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 58(2), pp.196–209. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00165.x
      Published on 01 Jan 2006
    Peer Reviewed
     CC BY 4.0
     Accepted on 30 Sep 2005            Submitted on 17 Feb 2005

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