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Quality and Impact of GPSRO Observations from Megha-Tropique Satellite on NGFS Model


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1 National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, A-50, Sector-62, Noida 201 309, India
 

Megha-Tropique satellite mission launched in 2011 was aimed at providing more observations in the tropical region. In the initial phase of the mission, it was found that the quality of global positioning system radio occultation (GPSRO) observations was not satisfactory. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took remedial measures in this regard by modifying the data processing algorithm and releasing the new version of data. In 2012, an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) was done at National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) using simulated data at Megha- Tropiques ROSA observation location with Global Forecast System (GFS) based model. As an extension of the previous study, the quality of new version of GPSRO bending angle observations and impact of assimilation of these observations in NCMRWF GFS (NGFS) model were studied. It was found that with the use of a new data processing algorithm, quality of bending angle observations improved and comparable with other GPSRO missions in the pressure range between 500 hpa and 200 hpa. Impact study shows that the new observations improved forecasts in the middle and upper levels in the tropics.

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Assimilation, Bending Angle, GPSRO, Megha-Tropiques, NGFS.
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C. J. Johny
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, A-50, Sector-62, Noida 201 309, India
V. S. Prasad
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, A-50, Sector-62, Noida 201 309, India

Abstract


Megha-Tropique satellite mission launched in 2011 was aimed at providing more observations in the tropical region. In the initial phase of the mission, it was found that the quality of global positioning system radio occultation (GPSRO) observations was not satisfactory. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took remedial measures in this regard by modifying the data processing algorithm and releasing the new version of data. In 2012, an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) was done at National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) using simulated data at Megha- Tropiques ROSA observation location with Global Forecast System (GFS) based model. As an extension of the previous study, the quality of new version of GPSRO bending angle observations and impact of assimilation of these observations in NCMRWF GFS (NGFS) model were studied. It was found that with the use of a new data processing algorithm, quality of bending angle observations improved and comparable with other GPSRO missions in the pressure range between 500 hpa and 200 hpa. Impact study shows that the new observations improved forecasts in the middle and upper levels in the tropics.

Keywords


Assimilation, Bending Angle, GPSRO, Megha-Tropiques, NGFS.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi05%2F1083-1088