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SRNWP – Revised Verification Proposal. Clive Wilson Presented by Terry Davies at SRNWP Meeting October 8-11, 2007. Original Draft Proposal (not submitted to EUMETNET). 2 aims Development of a common verification package Realization of an operational model intercomparison Further aims
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SRNWP – Revised Verification Proposal Clive Wilson Presented by Terry Davies at SRNWP Meeting October 8-11, 2007
Original Draft Proposal (not submitted to EUMETNET) • 2 aims • Development of a common verification package • Realization of an operational model intercomparison • Further aims • Provide new methods (fuzzy etc) • Allow non-GTS observation data • Radar composites (esp. OPERA) • Responsible Member would: • Write & maintain code of package • Compute intercomparison scores, website & archive • Find NMS(or ECMWF) to host non-GTS data hub • Motivate NMSs to contribute non-GTS data to hub
Not submitted because: • Not fully agreed • Too ambitious- underestimate time/effort needed to develop new code & package • No one indicated wish to be responsible member • Major centres and consortia already had most of proposed functionality in own packages • EUMETNET reluctant to agree proposed cost • (1FTE scientist + travel +25% programme manager)
New (draft) proposal – staged aims • Initiate a “realistic” intercomparison based on • Exchange of forecasts from main models at 3-4 centres (format – GRIB then interoperability to define) • Met Office NAE - 12km • Hirlam reference - 15km • Aladin France - 10km • COSMO-EU - 7km • Use existing packages • Accept different station selection, QC (difficult to mandate/change at op. centres) • Verify common scores for same parameters over common areas • Compare, contrast & pool results to reach “consensus” • Extension of existing precip. verification done by Met Office
External Met Office website- European Precipitation comparison • http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/nwp/numerical/precipitation/emip.html • Password protected • Models: • Hirlam reference • COSMO-EU (DWD lokall) • Aladin (MeteoFrance) • UM – North Atlantic European • COSMO-7 (MeteoSwiss) • Verified against British Isles Nimrod radar composite
External Met Office website- European Precipitation comparison • 24h accumulations thresholds : • 0.125, 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0, 12.0, 16.0, 20.0, 24.0, 32.0 and 48.0 mm • Scores • frequency bias • Equitable Threat Score (ETS) • log-odds ratio • Extreme Dependency Score • 00 UTC run of each model • since the beginning of January 2004 • Means, time series & ascii contingency tables
New (draft) proposal – later staged aims • Add more models/configurations • Add higher resolution forecasts to intercomparison • Methods/code for high resolution forecasts • Collaborate on investigation of new methods • Intercomparison studies for set of forecasts from single model (cf NCAR project with WRF) • Provide code for new methods • Enable access to radar composites (OPERA) • Non-GTS data & hub • Much greater financial and staff resources
Why new draft may be acceptable • Practical & pragmatic • Stage 1 does not involve large cost or require extensive code changes • Stage 1 addresses primary concern (of EUMETNET directors) for meaningful verification of operational models • Stage 2 – allows more centres to judge their models against others over common domains • Stage 3 addresses new challenge of high resolution – still active research topic • Stage 4&5 will be necessary to evaluate and assess future operational high resolution models