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Table 12 provides a summary of the menu options on WDQMS web tool menu bar when “upper-air” and “availability” are selected (for NWP monitoring and Monitoring category, respectively). The generated maps display the availability performance for each station highlighting differences in reporting performances as well as issues related to the station metadata recorded in OSCAR/Surface. Regarding the 6-hourly periods, the reporting performances focus on the existence and completeness of the radiosonde report, i.e., if in the report all the three variables - temperature, wind and humidity - are available above 100 hPa (information of both layers, Trop and Stra, section 2.2). This is described by the following categories: not reporting during the period (black); incomplete launch due to missing variable(s) and incomplete launch due to missing layer(s) (orange and red, respectively); complete launch (green). In the daily option, the reporting performances are divided into the following categories: not reporting during the period (black); reporting with some completeness issues (orange), meaning variable(s) and/or layer missing; reporting but with some availability issues, meaning totals below expected (red); fully reporting, no issues (green).  The metadata issues flagged are the following: station ID not known to OSCAR/Surface (yellow); station reporting more than expected (pink). Clicking on a dot on the map shows a pop-up with detailed information about the station data availability over the selected period. For the 6-hourly periods, details of the observations received such as Layer, Variable and observation type (TAC or the new high resolution BUFR reports) and status (used / not used, “used” meaning that at least one level/variable was assimilated) are provided. For the daily option, the total number of received observation reports during the selected interval is provided, as well as information about the completeness of those reports and the number of expected reports according to OSCAR/Surface or the GBON draft provisions. 


Table 12 - This table summarises the content of WDQMS web tool views when monitoring the availability of upper-air land observations (NWP monitoring: upper-air; Monitoring category: availability) is intended.

Period

Monitoring Centre

Maps

Pop-up window

        Individual station 

6 hourly

(00, 06, 12,18 UTC)

ECMWF JMA 

DWD

Availability & Completeness according to OSCAR/Surface 

  • Details about the individual observations received for the selected Centre during the period: Layer, Variable, Observation type and Status.

      (Link to OSCAR/Surface)

All 

Best result of availability & completeness OSCAR/Surface 

  • Details about the individual observations received for all the Centres during the period: Layer, Variable, Observation type and Status.

      (Link to OSCAR/Surface)

Daily

ECMWF

JMA 

DWD

Availability performance index:

OSCAR/Surface or GBON

  • Number of observations received from selected Centre and information about the completeness of those observation reports.
  • Number of observations expected according to OSCAR/Surface or GBON

      (Link to OSCAR/Surface)

All 

Best availability performance index:

OSCAR/Surface or GBON

  • Number of observations received from all Centres and information about the completeness of those observation reports.
  • Number of observations expected according to OSCAR/Surface or GBON

      (Link to OSCAR/Surface)



The options available on WDQMS web tool control menu when we select to monitor the “quality” (as Monitoring category) of “upper-air” (as NWP monitoring) are described in the Table 13.  By selecting the date, time period, monitoring centre and variable, a map will show how the observing network meets the NWP requirements set for the selected variable. The generated map is based on the root mean square error (rmse, section 3.2) calculated for the period and variable of interest. It shows the stations whose observations are considered useful for NWP purposes (greenish dots), as well as highlights the major anomalies regarding stations with observations that deviate from the model forecasts quite significantly (orange and red dots) and exceed the limits set as “threshold” requirements  (Table 7).  Clicking on a dot on the map displays a pop-up with a summary of the statistics used to describe the quality of the observations from that station over the selected period. As the quality information is split into two layers (Trop and Stra), we choose to display on the map the worse result of the two. In this way, any quality issue localised in the vertical will be more easily spotted.  


Table 13 - This table summarises the content of WDQMS web tool views when the options to monitor the quality of  upper-air land observations (NWP monitoring: upper-air; Monitoring category: quality) are selected.

Period

Variable

Monitoring Centre

Map

Pop-up window

        Individual station

6 hourly

(00, 06, 12,18 UTC)

  • upper-air temperature
  • upper-air zonal wind
  • upper-air meridional wind
  • upper-air humidity


ECMWF

JMA 

DWD

rmse of O-B 6-hourly mean

  • rmse of O-B for the selected period, variable and Centre calculated for both layers: Trop and Stra.

upper-air temperature

upper-air zonal wind

upper-air meridional wind

upper-air humidity


All 

Best rmse of O-B 

6-hourly mean

  • rmse of O-B for all Centre calculated for both layers, Trop and Stra, based on the selected period and  variable.


Daily

  • upper-air temperature
  • upper-air zonal wind
  • upper-air meridional wind
  • upper-air humidity


ECMWF

JMA 

DWD

rmse of O-B daily mean

  • rmse of O-B for the selected period, variable and Centre for both layers: Trop and Stra. 

upper-air temperature

upper-air zonal wind

upper-air meridional wind

upper-air humidity


All 

Best rmse of daily mean

  • rmse of O-B for all Centres calculated for both layers, Trop and Stra based on selected period and variable.