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Lin, Hsiao-Chun; Sun, Juanzhen; Weckwerth, Tammy M.; Joseph, Everette; Kay, Junkyung
Monthly weather review, 02/2023, Volume: 151, Issue: 2Journal Article
Abstract The New York State Mesonet (NYSM) has provided continuous in situ and remote sensing observations near the surface and within the lower troposphere since 2017. The dense observing network can capture the evolution of mesoscale motions with high temporal and spatial resolution. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the assimilation of NYSM observations into numerical weather prediction models could be beneficial for improving model analysis and short-term weather prediction. The study was conducted using a convective event that occurred in New York on 21 June 2021. A line of severe thunderstorms developed, decayed, and then reintensified as it propagated eastward across the state. Several data assimilation (DA) experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of NYSM data using the operational DA system Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation with rapid update cycles. The assimilated datasets included National Centers for Environmental Prediction Automated Data Processing global upper-air and surface observations, NYSM surface observations, Doppler lidar wind retrievals, and microwave radiometer (MWR) thermodynamic retrievals at NYSM profiler sites. In comparison with the control experiment that assimilated only conventional data, the timing and location of the convection reintensification was significantly improved by assimilating NYSM data, especially the Doppler lidar wind data. Our analysis indicated that the improvement could be attributed to improved simulation of the Mohawk–Hudson Convergence. We also found that the MWR DA resulted in degraded forecasts, likely due to large errors in the MWR temperature retrievals. Overall, this case study suggested the positive impact of assimilating NYSM surface and profiler data on forecasting summertime severe weather.
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