Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan

By using the precipitation observations (including the encrypted automatic stations) and the ECMWF forecasts for Sichuan during June to August from 2016-2018, based on the probability forecast of short-time heavy rain every 3h derived by the "ingredients method", we calculate the times of...

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Main Authors: Pingping CAO, Lan KANG, Jiajin WANG, Jianglin FAN, Qi ZHANG
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Published: Editorial Office of Torrential Rain and Disasters 2020-02-01
Series:暴雨灾害
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Online Access:http://www.byzh.org.cn/cn/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1004-9045.2020.01.007
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author Pingping CAO
Lan KANG
Jiajin WANG
Jianglin FAN
Qi ZHANG
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Lan KANG
Jiajin WANG
Jianglin FAN
Qi ZHANG
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description By using the precipitation observations (including the encrypted automatic stations) and the ECMWF forecasts for Sichuan during June to August from 2016-2018, based on the probability forecast of short-time heavy rain every 3h derived by the "ingredients method", we calculate the times of various transition probability threshold at each grid, and then a method to improve forecast accuracy of heavy rainfall of 24h cumulative precipitation forecast in Sichuan was developed. We then applied it to daily test of ECMWF model precipitation forecast for 24-72 h on the precipitation concentration period from June to August of 2018. The results show that:1) According to the composite experiment indicators of precipitation above 25 and 50mm, the hit rate, missing rate and TS score of each period validity have been significantly improved after the calibration, and with the extension of the period validity, the value of each index has been further increased greatly. Although the false alarm rate increases a bit of 0-24 h and 24-48 h forecast, the increase of false alarm rate is far less than the decrease of missing rate. 2) According to the experiment of individual cases, the precipitation value increased significantly, the effect of precipitation area forecast above 50mm is greatly improved, which means that the distribution of precipitation area after the calibration is basically consistent with the actual situation, especially for the 0-24h cumulative precipitation forecast.
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spelling doaj.art-a8a8fd9d24d442fbbe488393fefbf0d92023-07-06T04:41:41ZzhoEditorial Office of Torrential Rain and Disasters暴雨灾害2097-21642020-02-01391637010.3969/j.issn.1004-9045.2020.01.0072634Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in SichuanPingping CAO0Lan KANG1Jiajin WANG2Jianglin FAN3Qi ZHANG4Sichuan Meteorological Observatory, Chengdu 610072Sichuan Meteorological Observatory, Chengdu 610072Sichuan Meteorological Observatory, Chengdu 610072Sichuan Meteorological Observatory, Chengdu 610072Sichuan Meteorological Observatory, Chengdu 610072By using the precipitation observations (including the encrypted automatic stations) and the ECMWF forecasts for Sichuan during June to August from 2016-2018, based on the probability forecast of short-time heavy rain every 3h derived by the "ingredients method", we calculate the times of various transition probability threshold at each grid, and then a method to improve forecast accuracy of heavy rainfall of 24h cumulative precipitation forecast in Sichuan was developed. We then applied it to daily test of ECMWF model precipitation forecast for 24-72 h on the precipitation concentration period from June to August of 2018. The results show that:1) According to the composite experiment indicators of precipitation above 25 and 50mm, the hit rate, missing rate and TS score of each period validity have been significantly improved after the calibration, and with the extension of the period validity, the value of each index has been further increased greatly. Although the false alarm rate increases a bit of 0-24 h and 24-48 h forecast, the increase of false alarm rate is far less than the decrease of missing rate. 2) According to the experiment of individual cases, the precipitation value increased significantly, the effect of precipitation area forecast above 50mm is greatly improved, which means that the distribution of precipitation area after the calibration is basically consistent with the actual situation, especially for the 0-24h cumulative precipitation forecast.http://www.byzh.org.cn/cn/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1004-9045.2020.01.007ecmwf modelprobability of short-time heavy rainheavy rain calibrationprecipitation verification
spellingShingle Pingping CAO
Lan KANG
Jiajin WANG
Jianglin FAN
Qi ZHANG
Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
暴雨灾害
ecmwf model
probability of short-time heavy rain
heavy rain calibration
precipitation verification
title Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
title_full Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
title_fullStr Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
title_full_unstemmed Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
title_short Calibration of ECMWF model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in Sichuan
title_sort calibration of ecmwf model forecast of summer heavy rainfalls in sichuan
topic ecmwf model
probability of short-time heavy rain
heavy rain calibration
precipitation verification
url http://www.byzh.org.cn/cn/article/doi/10.3969/j.issn.1004-9045.2020.01.007
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