FOR2131
Project start: 2014
Duration:?3 + 3 years (phase I and phase II)
Funding: ? DFG, part of the DFG Research Unit 2131 "Data Assimilation for Improved Characterization of Fluxes across Compartmental interfaces”
Project lead:?Harald Kunstmann
Involved scientists:?Barbara Haese
Project partners:
??????? Prof. Dr. Dr. András Bárdossy, 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Stuttgart
??????? Dr. Sebastian H?rning, 新万博体育下载_万博体育app【投注官网】 of Queensland, Australia
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Summary
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The main focus of our subproject P3 is on the simulation of the correct spatio-temporal distribution of precipitation.
In phase I of P3, we developed a methodology that combines various precipitation observations into one precipitation field. The observation data used for this purpose come from precipitation stations, radio links in the mobile network and weather radars. The big advantage of our method is that you can simulate with it an ensemble of fields of any size, where each precipitation field reflects the observations.
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In the current phase II of the project, we address the question of how these observation-based precipitation fields can improve and influence the prediction of precipitation itself and its dependent variables (eg soil moisture or surface runoff). For this purpose, we are testing various approaches to supply these precipitation fields to a data saturation system for an atmospheric land surface soil model. In the first approach, the model precipitate is simply replaced by the ensemble of observation-based precipitation fields (insertion). Two other approaches use the precipitation fields directly to assimilate the atmosphere. In the first approach, a weakly coupled model and in the second approach a complete model is used. The goal is to develop an efficient method that minimizes errors in predictions.
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