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ImprovingtheSPPTSchemeusingHigh-Resolu8onModelSimula8ons
ECMWF/WWRPWorkshoponModelUncertainty,13thApril2016
HannahChristensen1,Sarah-JaneLock2,AndrewDawson1,TimPalmer1
1. Atmospheric,OceanicandPlanetaryPhysics,Univ.Oxford2. EuropeanCentreforMediumRangeWeatherForecasts
PredictabilityofWeatherandClimateatOxford
• DevelopmentandanalysisofstochasNcparametrisaNonschemesinEarth-Systemmodels
• Inexacthardwareinnumericalweatherandclimatemodels– DoubleprecisionasadefaultisovercauNous–whethermodelsarestochasNcordeterminisNc
– Reducingprecisionforthesmallscalescanleadtosignificantenergysavings
22bits=1sign,11exponent,10significand20bits=1sign,11exponent,8significand
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
IFSinSinglePrecision
• EnsembleforecastsatT399arealmostidenNcal,butwith40%speedup
Dübenetal,MWR2015.Vanaetal,submi]edtoGRL
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AScaleSelecNveApproach
• SmallscaledynamicsareinherentlyuncertainduetoparametrisaNonschemes,viscosity,missingdata,iniNalisaNon,…
• Wecanpushthesmallscalesharderthanthelargescales• Thesmallestscalesarethemostexpensiveones• Ourvision:aglobalcirculaNonmodelwhichusesjusttherightlevel
ofprecision,reducingnumericalprecisionwithscales• e.g.possibleapproach:aspectralmodelusingsingleprecisionfor
wavenumbers0-500,andhalfprecisionforwavenumbers500-2000
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
AScaleSelecNveApproach
• SmallscaledynamicsareinherentlyuncertainduetoparametrisaNonschemes,viscosity,missingdata,iniNalisaNon,…
• Wecanpushthesmallscalesharderthanthelargescales• Thesmallestscalesarethemostexpensiveones• Ourvision:aglobalcirculaNonmodelwhichusesjusttherightlevel
ofprecision,reducingnumericalprecisionwithscales• e.g.possibleapproach:aspectralmodelusingsingleprecisionfor
wavenumbers0-500,andhalfprecisionforwavenumbers500-2000
PleaseseePeterDüben’sposterformoredetails!
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ImprovingtheSPPTSchemeusingHigh-ResoluNonModelSimulaNons
SPPTisoneofthemostwidelyusedstochas8cparametrisa8onschemes
• SPPT:‘StochasNcallyPerturbedParametrisaNonTendencies’• HolisNcapproachforrepresenNnguncertaintyinallsub-gridphysics
parametrisaNons• SPPTschemeusedinweather,seasonalandclimatemodels
Implemented/testedin:– UKMetOffice– ECMWFIFS(med.range&System4)– JapanMeteorologicalAgency– AROME
– COSMO– WRF– CESM– EC-Earth
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Beneficialimpactonreliabilityofforecasts,meansquareerror,andclimatologyofmodel
RMSE
Ensemblespread
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stochphysOFF – reanalysis S4 – reanalysis S4 – stochphysOFF
OLR bias DJF 1981-2010
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stochphysOFF – reanalysis S4 – reanalysis S4 – stochphysOFF
OLR bias DJF 1981-2010
ReliabilityofT850inIFSMedium-rangeforecastsê
ReducingOLRbiasinSystem4seasonalforecastsè
ImprovingENSOvariabilityinCCSM4ê
Shu]setal,2011
Christensen,Berner,ColemanandPalmer,submi]edtoJ.Climate,2016
Weisheimeretal,2014,PhilTrans
T850,tropics
CTRL–OBS STOCHASTIC(SYS4)–OBS
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ImprovingENSOvariabilityinCCSM4
Christensen,Berner,ColemanandPalmer,submi]edtoJ.Climate,2016
• BecauseofmulNplicaNvenatureofSPPT– AddiNvenoisescheme(SKEB)doesnothavethesameimpact
• TestedaddiNveandmulNplicaNvenoiseinsimple‘DelayedOscillator’modelofENSO– EquivalentresultasinCCSM4– addiNvenoiseamplifiedENSOwhereasmulNplicaNvenoisereducedthe
amplitude
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
T = D+ (1+ e) Pii=1
6
∑AllIFSphysicsschemesareperturbedusingsamepaOern:
1.RadiaNon2.Turbulence&GravityWaveDrag3.ConvecNon4.Cloud5.Non-OrographicGrav.WaveDrag6.MethaneOxidaNon
Fourvariablesperturbed:T,U,V,q
Perturba8onconstantver8cally,taperedinBLandstratosphere
SPPT T–TotaltendencyD–DynamicstendencyP–Parametrisa8ontendency
SPPT:StochasNcallyPerturbedParametrisaNonTendencies
Palmeretal,2009.ECMWFTechMemo598
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TesNng“IndependentSPPT”inIFS
T = D+ (1+ ei )Pii=1
6
∑iSPPT
• PerturbIFSphysicsschemeswithindependentrandomfields– Assumeserrorsfromdifferentschemesareuncorrelated– SetnoisemagnitudeandcorrelaNonsseparatelyforeachscheme– Abletoonlytapercertainschemesifdesired– Startwithsameσ,φasoperaNonalSPPT
SPPTT–TotaltendencyD–DynamicstendencyP–Parametrisa8ontendency
T = D+ (1+ e) Pii=1
6
∑
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
TesNng“IndependentSPPT”inIFS
• Seriesofexperiments– CY41R1atTL255 (12startdates)– CY42R1atTCO255 (48startdates)
• 21ensemblemembers• AntjeWeisheimer’sglobalmoisturefixon
• StandardSPPT: (111111)• IndependentSPPT: (123456)• ParNallyindependentSPPT: (123343)
(112212)
1.RadiaNon2.Turbulence&Grav.WaveDrag3.ConvecNon4.Cloud5.Non-OrogGrav.WaveDrag6.MethaneOxidaNon
nomenclature:assigneachindependent
pa]ernanumber
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iSPPT:significantimprovementintheTropics
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ImpactisinregionswithsignificantconvecNon
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TropicalregionswithsignificantconvecNon
Tropicalregionswithli]leconvecNon
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Two-pa]ernschemeimprovesoverSPPT&iSPPT
CY42R1TCO255
123456
123343
112212
111111
Ø be]erthanoperaNonalSPPTandfulliSPPTØ largespreadincreaseintropics,smaller
increaseinextratropicsØ errorreducNonintropics,neutralinNET,
smallincreaseinSET
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2013120100-2014112600 (46)fairContinuousRankedProbabilityScore [sign p=0.0500]
t850hPa, Northern Extra-tropics
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[12345
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t850hPa, Southern Extra-tropics
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t850hPa, Tropics
[11111
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2013120100-2014112600 (46)fairContinuousRankedProbabilityScore [sign p=0.0500]
t850hPa, Tropics
[11111
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[12334
[12345
CRPSiSPPT-CRPSSPPT
CRPS(iSPPT)–CRPS(SPPT3)
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
Two-pa]ernschemeimprovesoverSPPT&iSPPT
Ø be]erthanoperaNonalSPPTandfulliSPPTØ largespreadincreaseintropics,smaller
increaseinextratropicsØ errorreducNonintropics,neutral/slight
reducNoninNETandSET
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t200hPa, Tropics
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123456
123343
112212
111111-0.02
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2013120100-2014112600 (46)fairContinuousRankedProbabilityScore [sign p=0.0500]
t850hPa, Tropics
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[12334
[12345
CY42R1TCO255
CRPSiSPPT-CRPSSPPT
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
iSPPT:onlysmalldegradaNoninS.ExtraTropics
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HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
• BUTcanweimproveSPPTmoresystemaNcally?• CanwejusNfySPPT?Canweexplainwhyitdoessuchagoodjob?• CanweidenNfywhereitdoesn’tdoagoodjobandwhy?
• SPPTschemeincludesseveralassumpNons– MulNplicaNvenoise– Allschemestreatedthesame:uncertaintyintendencyproporNonaltototaltendency(cf.iSPPT:errorsfromschemesuncorrelated)
– SpecifiesstandarddeviaNons,temporalandspaNalcorrelaNonswithnophysicalreasonforchoices
• Q:Canweconstrainsomeofthecharacteris8csofthestochas8ctermusinghigh-resolu8onmodeloutput?
– FollowinginthefootstepsofShu]sandPalmer2007(J.Clim.),Shu]sandCalladoPallares2014(PhilTransR.Soc.A)…
iSPPTseemsapromisingapproach
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
UsetheCASCADEdatasetas‘truth’CompareIFSSCMtothistruth
TRMMthankstoChrisHolloway,U.Reading
CASCADE4km3DSmagOLR
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
Coarsegrainingexperiments1.CoarsegrainCASCADEtomodelgridtoprovideICsandforcingdataforIFSSCMatT639=30km
2.EvolveinNme:SCMdt=15min
3.CompareSCMtoCASCADEatlaterNme
CASCADESCM
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
Analysingthedata:mulNplicaNvenoise?
Allveryeasytosaythis…
∑=
++=5
1)1(i
iPeDTSPPT:
Calculate‘true’totaltendencyfromCASCADE AssumeSCMdynamics
tendencyis‘correct’
ConsidererrorinSCMphysicstendencies
T −D = (1+ e) Pii=1
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∑Compare‘true’
physicstendency… …toparametrisedphysicstendency
HannahChristensen ImprovingtheSPPTschemeusinghigh-resoluNonsimulaNons
ConsiderTtendencyat850hPa
Allveryeasytosaythis…
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μ=-0.03σ=0.05
μ=0.002σ=0.04
μ=0.09σ=0.05
μ=0.33σ=0.10
μ=0.60σ=0.20
μ=0.86σ=0.32
SCMparametrisedtendency Histograms:CASCADEtendency
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Analysingthedata:characterisNcsofe
Allveryeasytosaythis…
∑=
++=5
1)1(i
iPeDTSPPT:
Calculate‘true’totaltendencyfromCASCADE AssumeSCMdynamics
tendencyis‘correct’
ConsidererrorinSCMphysicstendencies
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