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Warning

Always use the eof.mv first for a given parameter, step and ensemble forecast (e.g. ens_oper or ens_2016) to create the cluster file.

Otherwise the cluster_to_an.mv and other plots with clustering enabled will fail or plot with the wrong clustering of ensemble members.

If you change step or ensemble, recompute the EOFS and cluster definitions using eof.mv. Note however, that once a cluster has been computed, it can be used for all steps with any parameter.

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titleCompute EOFs and clusters

Edit 'eof.mv'

Set the parameter to use, choice of ensemble and forecast step required for the EOF computation:

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param="z500"
expId="ens_oper"
steps=[2012-09-24 00:00]

Run the macro.

The above example will compute the EOF EOFs of geopotential height anomaly at 500hPa using the 2012 operational ensemble at forecast step 00Z on 24/09/2012.

A plot will appear showing the first two EOFs (similar to Figure 5 in Pantillon et al.)

The geographical area for the EOF computation is: 35-55N, 10W-20E (same as in Pantillon et al). If desired it can be changed in eof.mv.

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titleEOF cluster definition file

The eof.mv macro will create a text file with the cluster definitions, in the same format as described above in the previous task.

The filename will be different, it will have 'eof' in the filename to indicate it was created by using empirical orthogonal functions.

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languagebash
titleCluster filename created for ensemble 'ens_oper' using eof.mv
ens_oper_cluster.eof.txt

If a different ensemble forecast is used, for example ens_2016, the filename will be: ens_2016_cluster.eof.mv

This cluster definition file can then be used to plot any variable at all steps (as for task 1).

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Q. What do the EOFs plotted by eof.mv show?
Q. Change the parameter used for the EOF (try the 'total precipitation' field). How does the cluster change?

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titlePlot ensemble and cluster maps

As described in task 1, use Use the cluster definition file computed by eof.mv to the plot ensembles and maps with clusters enabled (as described for task 1, but this time with the 'eof' cluster file).

The macro cluster_to_an.mv can be used to plot maps of parameters as clusters and compared to the analysis and HRES forecasts.

Use cluster_to_an.mv to plot z500 and MSLP maps of the two clusters created by the EOF/PCA analysis (equivalent to Figure 7 in Pantillon et al.)

Edit cluster_to_an.mv and set:

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#ENS members (use ["all"] or a list of members like [1,2,3]
members_1=["cl.eof.1"]
members_2=["cl.eof.2"]

Run the macro to plot:  z500, MSLP, tp .

If time also look at the total precipitation (tp) over France and PV/320K.

 

From Figure 7 in Pantillon et al. we see that cluster 1 corresponds to a cutoff low moving eastward over Europe and cluster 2 to a weak ridge over western Europe. Cluster 1 exhibits a weak interaction between Nadine and the cut-off low over Europe. In cluster 2, there is a strong interaction between the cutoff and Nadine in which Nadine makes landfall over the Iberian penisula.
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Q. How similar is the PCA computed clusters to your manual clustering?
Q. Which cluster best represents the analysis?
Q. How useful is the cluster analysis as an aid to forecasting for HyMEX?
Q. Change the date/time used to compute the clusters. How does the variance explained by the first two clusters change?  Is geopotential the best parameter to use?

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