Predictability of Major Stratospheric Sudden Warmings: Analysis Results from JMA Operational 1-Month Ensemble Predictions from 2001/02 to 2012/13
Predictability of Major Stratospheric Sudden Warmings: Analysis Results from JMA Operational 1-Month Ensemble Predictions from 2001/02 to 2012/13
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DOI:
10.1175/jas-d-15-0201.1
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发表时间:
2016-02
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
M. Taguchi
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作者:
M. Taguchi
AbstractThis study investigates the predictability of major stratospheric sudden warmings (MSSWs) with a chief question: how far in advance can MSSWs be forecasted? An average picture and case-to-case variations of the MSSW predictability are revealed by analyzing operational 1-month ensemble prediction data of the Japan Meteorological Agency from 2001/02 to 2012/13 in comparison with the Japanese 55-year Reanalysis Project (JRA-55) data. The variations are further related to planetary wave forcing (PWF) from the troposphere to the stratosphere. A contingency table analysis for nine MSSWs occurring in the period shows that the average percentage of ensemble members that successfully forecast the MSSWs is about 70%, 30%, and 20% for lead times of 5, 10, and 15 days, respectively, when a 3-day time difference between actual and forecasted vortex collapses, or zonal wind reversals, is allowed. Using other measures such as the root-mean-square error and anomaly correlation of 10-hPa geopotential height, forec...