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4D-VAR chemical data assimilation of ENVISAT chemical products (BASCOE): validation support issues. Authors: D. Fonteyn, S. Bonjean, S. Chabrillat, F. Daerden, Q. Errera BIRA-IASB bascoe.oma.be (soon).
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4D-VAR chemical data assimilation of ENVISAT chemical products (BASCOE): validation support issues Authors: D. Fonteyn, S. Bonjean, S. Chabrillat, F. Daerden, Q. Errera BIRA-IASB bascoe.oma.be (soon)
4D-VAR chemical data assimilation of ENVISAT chemical products (BASCOE): validation support issues • BASCOE: v1.01 (57 species, psc, 5° × 5°, 37 vertical levels) • MIPAS NLE: O3, H2O • MIPAS NRT all chemical species: problems reading pds-files • ECMWF analysis • Background error covariance ›› observation error covariance • Spatial correlations
BASCOE: qualitative comparison Groundstations: total column Effect of horizontal resolution
Comparison with MIPAS_NLE observations: • Constraining observations • Non-constraining observations (5 %): independent non-biased observations, representativeness of MIPAS
MIP_NLE O3 Constraining observations Non-constraining observations: not used in assimilation
MIP_NLE H2O Constraining observations Non-constraining observations: not used in assimilation
Quantitative comparison:co-located means + std deviationBASCOE,l HALOE sunset sunrise sunrise
Quantitative comparison HALOE – BASCOE MIP_NLE:co-located mean difference + std deviation sunrise sunrise sunset
Quantitative comparison:co-located means + std deviationBASCOE,l HALOE
Quantitative comparison HALOE – BASCOE MIP_NLE:co-located mean difference + std deviation
Conclusions • Successful assimilation of MIP_NLE, representing MIPAS_NLE state • Ozone column compares well with groundstation observations • Quantitative comparison with HALOE: • Expectations of MIPAS recommendations: impatience • Cloud top height ! • Chlorine budget ! MIPAS potential • Ground segment ! Coverage! pds format!