The 3rd Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems

J4.11
THE IMPACT OF CALJET IN SITU DROPSONDES ON THE NUMERICAL MODEL PREDICTIONS OF A LAND-FALLING CYCLONE

Sara A. Michelson, Univ. of Colorado/CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and J. W. Bao, J. M. Wilczak, F. M. Ralph, and R. J. Zamora

In this study, the Penn State/NCAR mesoscale modeling system is used to evaluate the impact of the observations carried out during the California Land-Falling Jets Experiment (CALJET) on numerical model prediction of land-falling storms. Effort is focused on the mesoscale aspects of the prediction. We will present results of adjoint sensitivity analyses and data assimilation experiments for a CALJET IOP case. Detailed verification of the model prediction with observations will be carried out to reveal to what degree the model prediction of land-falling storms is affected by the in situ off-shore observations

The 3rd Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems