A three-dimensional variational data assimilation system for aerosol optical properties based on WRF-Chem: design, development, and application of assimilating Himawari-8 aerosol observations
A three-dimensional variational data assimilation system for aerosol optical properties based on WRF-Chem: design, development, and application of assimilating Himawari-8 aerosol observations
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基于WRF-Chem的气溶胶光学特性三维变分数据同化系统：同化Himawari-8气溶胶观测的设计、开发和应用
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10.5194/gmd-2021-215
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2021-09
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Liang Y.
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Wang D.;You W.;Zang Z.;Pan X.;Hu Y.;Liang Y.
Abstract. This paper presents a three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation (DA) system for aerosol optical properties, including aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals and lidar-based aerosol profiles, which was developed for the Model for Simulating Aerosol Interactions and Chemistry (MOSAIC) within the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled to Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model. For computational efficiency, 32 model variables in the MOSAIC_4bin scheme are lumped into 20 aerosol state variables that are representative of mass concentrations in the DA system. To directly assimilate aerosol optical properties, an observation operator based on the Mie scattering theory was employed, which was obtained by simplifying the optical module in WRF-Chem. The tangent linear (TL) and adjoint (AD) operators were then established and passed the TL/AD sensitivity test. The Himawari-8 derived aerosol optical thickness (AOT) data were assimilated to validate the system and investigate the effects of assimilation on both AOT and PM2.5 simulations. Two comparative experiments were performed with a cycle of 24 h from November 23 to 29, 2018, during which a heavy air pollution event occurred in North China. The DA performances of the model simulation were evaluated against independent aerosol observations, including the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) AOT and surface PM2.5 measurements. The results show that Himawari-8 AOT assimilation can significantly improve model AOT analyses and forecasts. Generally, the control experiments without assimilation seriously underestimated AOTs compared with observed values and were therefore unable to describe real aerosol pollution. The analysis fields closer to observations improved AOT simulations, indicating that the system successfully assimilated AOT observations into the model. In terms of statistical metrics, assimilating Himawari-8 AOTs only limitedly improved PM2.5 analyses in the inner simulation domain (D02); however, the positive effect can last for over 24 h. Assimilation effectively enlarged the underestimated PM2.5 concentrations to be closer to the real distribution in North China, which is of great value for studying heavy air pollution events
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