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1 Satellite information on ocean vector wind from Scatterometer data Giovanna De Chiara
2 Why is Scatterometer important? The scatterometer measures the ocean surface winds (ocean wind vector). Ocean surface winds: affect the full range of ocean movement (from individual surface waves to complete current systems) modulate air-sea exchanges of heat, momentum, gases, and particulates Wind observations below 850 hpa FSO values relative quantities (in %) Wide daily coverage of ocean surface winds Ex: 1 day of ASCAT-A data [Horanyi et al., 2013]
3 Outline What is a scatterometer and physical mechanism Empirical relation between backscatter and wind Types of scatterometers The usage of scatterometer wind data at ECMWF Vertical Propagation of Scatterometer information Impact on scatterometer winds on IFS Conclusions and remarks
4 Scatterometer A Scatterometer is an active microwave instrument (radar) Day and night acquisition Not affected by clouds The return signal, backscatter (σ 0 sigma-nought), which is sensitive to: Surface wind (ocean) Soil moisture (land) Ice age (ice) Scatterometer was originally designed to measure ocean winds: Measurements sensitive to the ocean-surface roughness due to capillary gravity waves generated by local wind conditions (surface stress) Observations from different look angles: wind direction
5 The physical principle behind the scatterometer Bragg scattering...occurs from the waves that are in resonance with the microwaves Presence of capillary gravity waves (cm-range) Almost instantly generated by local wind condition Constructive interference (wave optics) Each incidence angle is sensitive to its own capillary wave length Incoming Returned sin Capillary gravity wave length Magnitude depends on the amplitude of cap. waves, EM-properties of the ocean surface, Return signal is the collective interference from the total footprint Specular reflection Only contributes at low incidence angle
6 Dependencies of the backscatter The amount of backscatter depends on: The frequency and polarization of the emitted wave C-band (5.3 GHz): λ ~ 5.6 cm Ku-band (14.6 GHz): λ ~ 2.1 cm It highly depends on (backscatter is reported in Decibel db): Incidence angle Wind speed Incidence angle It depends to a lower extent on Relative direction between the surface wind and look angle: Asymmetry Upwind Crosswind Asymmetry Upwind Downwind (particularly small)
7 Dependency of the backscatter on... Wind speed
8 Dependency of the backscatter on... Wind direction Backscatter response depends on the relative angle between the pulse and capillary wave direction (wind direction) Mid Fore Beam Mid Beam Wind direction wrt Mid Beam Fore Aft Beam C-band SCAT geometry Wind direction wrt Mid Beam Aft ECMWF NWP SAF Training Course Wind 2015 direction wrt ECMWF Mid Beam
9 How can we relate backscatter to wind speed and direction? The relationship is determined empirically Ideally collocate with surface stress observations In practice with buoy and 10m model winds = (,,,, ) U 10N : equivalent neutral wind speed : wind direction w.r.t. beam pointing : incidence angle p : radar beam polarization : microwave wavelength Geophysical model functions (GMF) families C-band: CMOD Ku-band: NSCAT, QSCAT This requires a careful approach: Highly non-linear relation for wind speed Quality wind direction for light winds Is your reference unbiased?
10 How can we relate backscatter to wind speed and direction? For the CMOD data, σ 0 triplets lies on a double conical surface z_mid CMOD5 σ 0 triplets with the same wind speed [Stoffelen] 90 Wind inversion: search for minimum distances between the σ 0 triplets and all the solutions on the GMF surface. Noise in the observations can change the position wrt the cone: wind ambiguities
11 C- band scatterometers Used on European platforms (1991 onwards): SCAT on ERS-1, ERS-2 by ESA ASCAT on Metop-A, Metop-B by EUMETSAT f~5.3 GHz (λ~5.7 cm) VV polarization Three antennae Pros and cons: Hardly affected by rain High quality wind direction (especially ASCAT) Two nearly opposite wind solutions Rather narrow swath: ERS-1/2: 500km ASCAT-A/B: 2x500km
12 Ku-band scatterometers Used on US and Japanese platforms, later also India, China NSCAT, QuikSCAT, SeaWinds by NASA (and Japan) Oceansat by ISRO Haiyang-2A by China f~13 GHz (λ ~ 2.2 cm) VV and HH polarization: Two rotating pencil-beams (4 look angles) Pros and cons: Up to four wind solutions (rank-1 most often correct one) Broad swath (1,800km) Affected by rain Problems regarding wind direction: azimuth diversity not good in centre of swath outer 200km only sensed by one beam. OSCAT daily coverage
13 Operational usage of Scatterometer winds at ECMWF ERS-1 ERS-2 ERS-2 (Regional Mission Scenario) QuikSCAT METOP-A ASCAT METOP-B ASCAT Oceansat-2 (OSCAT) (RapidSCAT) C-Band Ku Band Under Monitoring
14 ASCAT-A & ASCAT-B assimilation strategy ASCAT (25km) from EUMETSAT Wind inversion is performed in-house: Sigma nought bias correction Inversion using CMOD5.N Wind speed bias correction Quality control, thinning: Screening: sea ice check based on SST and sea ice data Thinning: 100 km Threshold: 35 m/s In the 4D-Var 2 solutions provided: best one chosen dynamically during the minimization Assimilated as 10m equivalent neutral winds Observation error: 1.5 m/s
15 ASCAT-A wind data
16 Ku-Band assimilation strategy OCEANSAT-2 /RapidSCAT (50km) Use of Level-2 wind products from OSI-SAF (KNMI) Wind speed bias correction (wind-speed dependent) Quality control: Screening: sea ice check on SST and sea ice model Rain flag No thinning; weight in the assimilation 0.25 Threshold: 25 m/s Assimilated as 10m equivalent neutral winds Observation error: 2 m/s OSCAT ECMWF FG Wind Speed
17 How is scatterometer wind assimilated in 4D-Var? Ambiguous vector wind Wind selection in the outer loop Purely quadratic cost function 10m equivalent neutral wind (ENW), rather than 10m wind (Since Nov 2010) to take into account for stability effects: for stable atmospheric stratification ENW is smaller than wind for unstable atmospheric stratification ENW is larger than wind on average difference 0.2 m/s use CMOD5.N
18 Is the model able to propagate the information? Single Observation experiments TC Haiyan CY40R [Assimilation Window 9-21] 1 ASCAT-A 1pm Philippines
19 Single Observation Experiments (1 ASCAT-A) 00 [09h] 03 [12h] T [15h] 12 [21h] 09 [18h]
20 Single Observation Experiments (1 ASCAT-A) T1279 U An 18h ML 114 ML PL(hPa) 137 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 100 Model Levels 50 U An 18h 50 V An 18h S N S N 137
21 Impact of scatterometer winds Contribution to the reduction of the 24h Forecast Error (total dry energy norm) [Cardinali, 2009] Global statistics with respect to the total observing network Dec 2012 / Feb 2013
22 Impact of scatterometer winds on Tropical Cyclone FC For each storm the min SLP have been detected from the ECMWF model fields SLP have been compared to observation values (from NHC and JMA) Statistics based only on cases where ASCAT-A, ASCAT-B and OSCAT passes were available Dec 2012/ Feb 2013
23 Impact of scatterometer winds on the ocean parameters Temperature difference Scatt NoScatt November 2013 Verified against conventional temperature observations Tropical Atlantic Tropical Indian Tropical East Pacific [P. Laloyaux]
24 How can we improve usage and impact? Include dependency from other geophysical quantities such as ocean currents Stress is related to relative wind The observation operator should act on relative wind Accurate ocean current input are needed Improve QC mostly for extreme events Because of thinning and QC the strongest winds can be rejected Test on the observation error, thinning and use of high resolution products 10m ASCAT-A wind speed TC Haiyan 10m FG wind speed
25 Concluding remarks Scatterometer observations widely used in NWP Ocean wind vectors Positive impact on analysis and the forecast Global scale and extreme events Impact on Atmospheric, Ocean and Wave model ECMWF has a long experience with scatterometry Available continuously from 1991 onwards: ERS1/2, QuikSCAT/Seawinds/NSCAT, ASCAT-A/B, Oceansat-2 Future missions: RapidSCAT, ASCAT-C, Oceansat-3, GMF development Monitoring, validation, assimilation, re-calibration Typhoon Haiyan ASCAT-A ASCAT-B OSCAT On-going efforts to improve usage and impact Improve QC for tropical cyclones (Huber norm) Adapt observation errors, thinning, super-obbing Include dependency from other geophysical quantities Use in the Reanalysis ERS1/2 and QuikSCAT in ERA-Interim ASCAT-A reprocessed products will be used in ERA5
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