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Storm Xaver

Impact of starting date and lead time

Impact of initial condition

Impact of horizontal resolution

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Storm Desmond

Impact of starting date and lead time

Experiments for Storm Desmond are initialized from 5 dates: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 December 2015. The major events related to the storm (high precipitation, wind gusts) happened on 5 December. Consequently, forecast lead times of 96-120 hours, 72-96 hours, 48-72 hours, 24-48 hours, 0-24 hours are studied, respectively.

The PDF documents below are prepared for 9 variables: mean sea level pressure, 2-meter temperature, 24-hour precipitation, 3-hourly 10-meter wind gust, 850 hPa temperature, 700 hPa relative humidity, 500 hPa geopotential, 250 hPa and 100 hPa wind fields. The figures of experiments are organized in 5 columns according to the 5 starting dates and 9 rows for the 3-hourly forecast outputs between 00 UTC on 5 and 00 UTC on 6 December. The only exception is the precipitation where the daily amounts are located in one row. Both the corresponding ERA-Interim and ERA5 fields are displayed as reference (please note that the ERA-Interim re-analyses are available with 6-hour frequency).

Please click on the PDF documents to open them and to see the individual pictures (note that most documents have 2 pages).

Mean sea level pressure

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name	Desmond_startdate_mslp_table.pdf
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2-meter temperature

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name	Desmond_startdate_t2_table.pdf
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24-hour precipitation

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name	Desmond_startdate_p_table.pdf
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3-hourly 10-meter wind gust

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name	Desmond_startdate_gust_table.pdf
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Temperature at 850 hPa

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name	Desmond_startdate_t850_table.pdf
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Relative humidity at 700 hPa

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name	Desmond_startdate_q700_table.pdf
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Geopotential at 500 hPa

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name	Desmond_startdate_z500_table.pdf
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Wind field at 250 hPa

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name	Desmond_startdate_u250_table.pdf
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Wind field at 100 hPa

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Impact of initial condition

Experiments for Storm Desmond are initialized from ERA-Interim and ERA5 re-analysis datasets for 3 and 4 December 2015. The major events related to the storm (high precipitation, wind gusts) happened on 5 December. The forecasts are initialized on 4 December 2015 and the major events related to the storm (high precipitation, wind gusts) happened on 5 December. So the 24-48 hours forecast lead times are studied.

First, we can make an inter-comparison between the initial conditions provided by ERA-Interim and ERA5 on the native ERA-Interim resolution (T255L91, approximately 80 km grid distance and 91 vertical levels). The figures are available in PS format for 7 variables: soil temperature on level 2, surface pressure, model orography and temperature, specific humidity, wind field, cloud cover on model levels. The PS documents are structured in 2 left panels for the outputs of the forecasts initialized from ERA-Interim and ERA5 and one right panel for the difference between the two fields.

Soil temperature on level 2

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name	Desmond_initialstl2_condition0_mslp_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Surface pressure

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name	Desmond_initiallnsp_condition1_t2_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Model orography

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name	Desmond_initialz_conditionany_p_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Temperature at model level 91

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name	Desmond_initialt_condition91_t850_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Specific humidity at model level 91

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name	Desmond_initialq_condition91_q700_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Wind field at model level 91

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name	Desmond_initialu_condition91_z500_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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Cloud cover at model level 91

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name	Desmond_initialcc_condition91_u250_table.pdfERAI-ERA5_20151204+0.ps
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The PDF documents below are prepared to check the forecast results for 9 variables: mean sea level pressure, 2-meter temperature, 24-hour precipitation, 3-hourly 10-meter wind gust, 850 hPa temperature, 700 hPa relative humidity, 500 hPa geopotential, 250 hPa and 100 hPa wind fields. The figures of experiments are organized in 2 columns according to the 2 initialization conditions and 9 rows for the 3-hourly forecast outputs between 00 UTC on 5 and 00 UTC on 6 December. The only exception is the precipitation where the daily amounts are located in one row. Both the corresponding ERA-Interim and ERA5 fields are displayed as reference (please note that the ERA-Interim re-analyses are available with 6-hour frequency).

Please click on the PDF documents to open them and to see the individual pictures (note that most documents have 2 pages).

Mean sea level pressure

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_mslp_table.pdf
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2-meter temperature

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_t2_table.pdf
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24-hour precipitation

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_p_table.pdf
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3-hourly 10-meter wind gust

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_gust_table.pdf
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Temperature at 850 hPa

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_t850_table.pdf
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Relative humidity at 700 hPa

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_q700_table.pdf
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Geopotential at 500 hPa

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_z500_table.pdf
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Wind field at 250 hPa

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_u250_table.pdf
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Wind field at 100 hPa

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name	Desmond_initial_condition_u100_table.pdf
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Impact of horizontal resolution

Experiments for Storm Desmond are conducted on 3 resolutions: T255L91, T639L137 and T1279L137 (approximately 80, 32, 16 km grid distance with 91, 137 and 137 vertical levels, respectively). The forecasts are initialized on 4 December 2015 and the major events related to the storm (high precipitation, wind gusts) happened on 5 December. So the 24-48 hours forecast lead times are studied.

The PDF documents below are prepared for 9 variables: mean sea level pressure, 2-meter temperature, 24-hour precipitation, 3-hourly 10-meter wind gust, 850 hPa temperature, 700 hPa relative humidity, 500 hPa geopotential, 250 hPa and 100 hPa wind fields. The figures of experiments are organized in 3 columns according to the 3 resolutions and 9 rows for the 3-hourly forecast outputs between 00 UTC on 5 and 00 UTC on 6 December. The only exception is the precipitation where the daily amounts are located in one row. Both the corresponding ERA-Interim and ERA5 fields are displayed as reference (please note that the ERA-Interim re-analyses are available with 6-hour frequency).

Please click on the PDF documents to open them and to see the individual pictures (note that most documents have 2 pages).

Mean sea level pressure

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name	Desmond_resolution_mslp_table.pdf
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2-meter temperature

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name	Desmond_resolution_t2_table.pdf
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24-hour precipitation

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name	Desmond_resolution_p_table.pdf
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3-hourly 10-meter wind gust

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name	Desmond_resolution_gust_table.pdf
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Temperature at 850 hPa

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name	Desmond_resolution_t850_table.pdf
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Relative humidity at 700 hPa

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name	Desmond_resolution_q700_table.pdf
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Geopotential at 500 hPa

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name	Desmond_resolution_z500_table.pdf
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Wind field at 250 hPa

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name	Desmond_resolution_u250_table.pdf
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Wind field at 100 hPa

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name	Desmond_resolution_u100_table.pdf
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