pp coloboc final report

PP COLOBOCFinal Report

Jean-Marie Bettems / MeteoSwissJuergen Helmert / DWD

COSMO GM Roma, September 7th , 2011

2 PP COLOBOC, Final Report | COSMO GM, 5-8 September 2011, Roma

COnsolidation of LOwer BOundary Condition

COSMO priority project, 09.2008 – 09.2011

Goals

• Facilitate access to soil/surface observations

• Consolidate tools of general interest:• externalized TERRA module • software for generation of external parameters

• Consolidate and extend external parameters database

• Find and validate an optimal configuration of TERRA

• Revision of snow analysis and snow model

• Deployment of urban module developed in Switzerland

• Consolidate parameterization of land surface heterogeneity


Three years later…

What has been achieved?

Do we need a COCOLOBOC ?

PP COLOBOC, Final Report | COSMO GM, 5-8 September 2011, Roma

COLOBOC, task 0

Observation sets for model validation and development

• New instruments at PayerneMeasurement of turbulence @ 10m, in activity since spring 2009.Soil moisture and temperature kept after end of SwissSMEX

• Data exchange action within SRNWP


• Goal: convenient access to recent operational high quality observations, representative for different climate and different type of soils

• Action started in October 2009 with an official letter sent to a selection of NMS directors.

• Agreement within the C-SRNWP Programme of EUMETNET :“I would like to emphasise that the data would be provided ONLY for the C-SRNWP members (particularly to the Expert Team members) with a significant time-lag after the observational time and for research purposes only.”

• Resources from DWD (C.Heret, F.Beyrich), HNMS (T.Andreadis) and MCH (JM.Bettems) as contribution to the COLOBOC project.

• Support from C-SRNWP coordinator (András Horányi) and from chair of SRNWP ET Soil and Surface (JF.Mahfouf)

Data exchange actionBackground


Data exchange actionData sets

• Access from COSMO web,password protected http://www.cosmo-model.org/srnwp/content/default.htm

• Currently 7 sites,data from 2006-2010,in a common ASCII format

• Soil, surface and BL observations

• Agreement for two new sites: Debrecen (Hu),Valdai (Ru)

Valdai

Debrecen

http://www.cosmo-model.org/srnwp/content/default.htm


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Monthly CSV tables, for each site, with all parameters, incl. qc when available Missing values are flagged with -9999.00

CAB_200705.txt.gz

Data exchange actionData sets – Examples


2006 2007 2008 2009 2010P0 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RAIN 100.0 99.6 99.6 98.5 100.0TAIR002 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RH002 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TD002 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TAIR010 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RH010 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TD010 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0WSPEED010 98.4 99.8 99.9 99.1 97.6WDIR010 99.2 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TAIR020 99.9 99.7 100.0 99.9 100.0RH020 99.4 99.7 100.0 97.5 100.0TD020 99.4 99.7 100.0 97.5 100.0TAIR040 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RH040 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TD040 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0WSPEED040 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0WDIR040 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0TAIR060 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RH060 95.4 99.9 100.0 99.9 100.0TD060 95.4 99.9 100.0 99.9 100.0TAIR080 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RH080 99.9 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0TD080 99.9 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0TAIR098 99.9 99.2 97.9 100.0 99.9RH098 99.9 99.2 97.9 100.0 99.9TD098 99.9 99.2 97.9 100.0 99.9WSPEED098 99.9 99.9 99.8 100.0 99.9WDIR098 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RSWD 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RSWU 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RLWD 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0RLWU 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0CLC*2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0USTAR*1 90.5 93.1 89.5 92.6 89.6MOM*1 90.5 93.1 89.5 92.6 89.5HS*1 96.9 98.5 94.9 98.4 95.3LE*1 75.8 80.6 71.7 78.8 74.7TSOIL005 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL010 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL015 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL020 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL030 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL045 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.6TSOIL050 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL060 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL090 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL100 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL120 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8TSOIL150 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.8MSOIL008 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0MSOIL015 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.5MSOIL030 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 71.1MSOIL045 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 97.2MSOIL060 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 98.1MSOIL090 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 68.7G005 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.2G010 99.9 99.9 100.0 100.0 99.2SNOW*4 21.5 4.6 3.5 14.3 25.8SNOWN*4 6.2 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0

LIN

Availability [%] = 100

>= 90 && < 100>= 60 && < 90>= 30 && < 60>= 10 && < 30>= 0 && < 10 = 0

Data exchange action Parameters availability, Lindenberg, status 08.2012


SPC

Availability [%] = 100

>= 90 && < 100>= 60 && < 90>= 30 && < 60>= 10 && < 30>= 0 && < 10 = 0

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010P0 38.6 60.8 99.1 99.8 99.9RAIN 38.6 39.2 83.5 99.8 98.5TAIR002 38.6 56.8 99.1 99.8 99.9RH002 38.6 56.8 99.1 99.8 99.9TD002 38.6 56.8 99.1 99.8 99.9WSPEED010 38.6 56.4 99.1 99.8 98.8WDIR010 38.6 56.4 99.1 99.8 99.9RSWD 0.0 56.4 99.1 84.5 99.9RSWU 0.0 56.4 99.1 99.8 99.8RLWD 0.0 56.4 66.7 99.8 99.9RLWU 0.0 56.4 99.1 99.8 99.9CLC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0USTAR 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0MOM 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0HS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0LE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0TSOIL010 50.2 48.1 88.5 61.3 100.0TSOIL025 50.3 48.3 88.5 61.3 100.0TSOIL045 50.3 48.3 88.5 61.3 100.0TSOIL070 50.2 48.3 88.5 61.3 100.0TSOIL100 50.2 48.3 88.5 61.3 100.0TSOIL135 50.3 48.3 88.5 9.9 0.0TSOIL180 50.3 48.3 88.5 61.3 100.0MSOIL010 0.0 23.1 44.0 49.0 95.8MSOIL025 0.0 23.2 44.0 50.0 94.8MSOIL045 0.0 23.2 46.3 50.0 96.7MSOIL070 0.0 23.2 39.4 49.8 94.7MSOIL100 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.2 48.0MSOIL135 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.9 66.6MSOIL180 0.0 0.0 0.0 41.8 79.1

Data exchange action Parameters availability, Toulouse, status 08.2012


COLOBOC, task 3

Consolidate external parameters data set.

Task 3.1: Document available data

Task 3.2: Consolidate and extend database

Add seasonal climatology of vegetation characteristics. Add parameters for subscale orography. Add parameters for orographic radiation correction. Add parameters for urban fraction. Add parameters for deep soil temperature. Add parameters for FLake. Provide alternative sets of soil types in Europe. Address the feasibility of deriving surface characteristics with known deficiencies (e.g. solar albedo) using alternative data sources or methods.

Overall description of the External Parameter System

externalparametersontarget grid

Orography

Soil data

Land use

ksh scriptsFortran programs

global icosahedral grid

GME


limited area domain

COSMO

current status external parameter generation

new library “EXTPAR”external parameter generation


(Fortran 2003/Fortran 95)

user defined grid

Icon GMECOSMO

Consolidation and extension of database (COLBOC Task 3) : Additional external parameters

external parameter fields for the COSMO model, total 15 fields

planned extensions for the COSMO model, total 30 fields

HH, FR_LAND,SOILTYP, Z0,SSO_STDH, SSO_GAMMA,SSO_THETA, SSO_SIGMA,PLCOV_MN, PLCOV_MX,LAI_MN, LAI_MX,FOREST_D, FOREST_E,ROOTDP

HH, FR_LAND,SOILTYP, Z0,SSO_STDH, SSO_GAMMA,SSO_THETA, SSO_SIGMA,PLCOV_MX,LAI_MX,FOREST_D, FOREST_E,ROOTDP

NDVI, NDVI_MX,NDVI_RATIO, AER_BC,AER_DUST, AER_SO4,AER_SS, T2M_CL, URBAN,RSMIN, EMISS_RAD,FR_LAKE, DEPTH_LK,SLOPE_ASP, SLOPE_ANG,HORIZON, SKYVIEW

Currently used raw data for external parametersGLOBE

DSMWGLC2000, GlobCover2009

NDVI (SEAWiFS)

climatology of near surface temperature (CRU)

climatology of aerosol optical thickness (I. Tegen)

lake depth database (30’’ gridded global field, Eakterina Kourzeneva: DWD, RSHU, MeteoFrance)

Additional raw datasets

Uncertainties

The external parameters are only as good as the available raw data sets.

GLC2000 land use classes(currently used)

Globcover 2009

GLCC USGS land use / land cover system


COLOBOC, task 4

Revision of TERRA and the associated look-up tables.

• Gather and integrate tested developments of TERRA in official COSMO code - V4.11 2009/11/30

• Define a consolidated set of look-up tables – EXTPAR (ECOCLIMAP, GLOBCOVER)

• Find and validate an ‘optimal’ reference configuration of TERRA, using the external parameters developed within task 3.2 with

the consolidated look-up tables

Benefit: > Unification of physics in TERRA standalone, GME, and COSMO

> Appropriate configuration for all climate regions

Long-term trend T2M-Bias

• Aerosol climatology• Emissivity• Vegetation climatology (LAI, PLCOV)• Minimum stomatal resistance (GLC2000, ECOCLIMAP)• Vegetation type albedo• Non-uniform root distribution

GME configuration

External Parameters GME

BSvegveg )1(15.0

Albedo (snow free):

Vegetation albedo ROUTI

EXP 7750Masson (2003) - Ecoclimap

BS

D

E

veg

ff

fveg

)1(

)2.0)1(15.0

1.0(

Albedo (snow free):

Vegetation albedo EXP

Europe

East Sibiria

North America

EXP 7750 ECOCLIMAP+ALBEDO 02.06.2009-01.07.2009 00 UTC i192f

Tropics Africa

Tropics America

Global Verification

SK: -6.03SK: -5.68 SK: 1.02

SK: -11.7 SK: -6.36 SK: -0.79

SK: -8.00 SK: -9.8 SK: -4.56

SK: 1.99

SK: 2.62

SK: 0.37

SK: 3.64 SK: 5.78 SK: 0.78

• PRS/LAI ratio and vegetation type albedo have strong impact on the split-up of fluxes

• Positive impact on T_2M and TD_2M in temperate zones

• Neutral or small negative impact in tropics

• Since March 2011: Soil moisture analysis (SMA) in GME

Conclusions of GME EXP 7750

Bias and Stdev T2m over Europe, avg(12, 15 GMT)

Soil moisture content over Europe, top layers Soil moisture content over Europe, bottom layers

M. Lange

EuropeT2m Bias

decreased by SMA

Soil moisture increase during

summer!Running time (2009)

Running time (2009) Running time (2009)

GME-SMA EXP 109/1009

20110310 -

Experiments

SMA-Monitoring (M. Lange)

http://oflxs04.dwd.de/~mlange/sma-gme/index.html#Exp_1091009

Validation

Europe

T2M Bias and Stdv SMA Incr. Mean and Stdv

bottom layers

SMA Incr. Mean and Stdv

top layers

Validation

Europe

T2M Bias and Stdv SMA Incr. Mean and Stdv

bottom layers

Soil moisture W_SO (mm)

top layers

soil moisture: level 4

Validation

Verification EUR

T2M

T2M

PS

PS

TD2MD

TD2MD

TMIN TMAX

DD

FF

FFDD

TMIN TMAX

VW

VW

BIA

SR

MS

E

COSMO Experiments

• Aerosol climatology – could explain increase in T2M-Bias• Emissivity• Vegetation climatology (LAI, PLCOV)• GLOBCOVER 2009 land use data• Minimum stomatal resistance (ECOCLIMAP)• Vegetation type albedo

Summer period : 01.07.2011-12.08.2011

• Non-uniform root distribution • Ground water with upward diffusion• Soil moisture dependent heat conductivity• Start with new model initialisation (8310 ROUTI config CTRL)

Tested adaptions in int2lm and TERRA EXP 8309/8310

Verification EXP vs CTRL

T2M

T2M

PS

PS

TD2MD

TD2MD

TMIN TMAX

DD

FF

FFDD

TMIN TMAX

VW

VW

BIA

SR

MS

E

8309/8310 00 UTC 12.07.-12.08.2011

Verification EXP vs ROUTI

T2M

T2M

PS

PS

TD2MD

TD2MD

TMIN TMAX

DD

FF

FFDD

TMIN TMAX

VW

VW

BIA

SR

MS

E

8309/ROUTI 00 UTC 12.07.-12.08.2011

• Results from GME experiments suggest that soil moisture analysis (SMA) has a large impact on the results

• Difficulties for parameterization changes to outperform SMA

• Impact of model initialisation is important

• Improved post-processing required to avoid experiment initialisation from large-scale models

• Benefit: Unified land-surface scheme for global, regional, and stand-alone application

Conclusions and Outlook


COLOBOC, task 5.1

Verify and consolidate the new multi-layer snow model

•Heat conduction•Melting when snow surfacetemperature > 0°C orwhen soil surface temperature > 0°C

•Heat conduction•Phase changes,

liquid water transport•Gravitational compaction +metamorphosis •Solar radiation penetration

1 layer

• Arbitrary number of layers• Heat conduction: implicit• Latent heat and solar radiation:

source terms

Numerical schemes

Implemented processesSingle layer Multi layers


COLOBOC, task 5.1

Station at 2450m on the southern slope of the Alps

Model at2350m

Dh = -100m


Review – COLOBOC, task 5.2

Improved snow analysis

MeteoSwiss has extended the DWD snow analysis by introducing a MSG derived snow mask and by tuning the Cressman analysis of snow depth observations. Unified sfcana software is available.

Composite fractional snow cover


COLOBOC, task 7

Parameterization of land surface heterogeneity by the tile/mosaic approach.

Tiles – Motivation Observed 5cm deep soil temperatureStart of forecast

Observed 2m temperatureStart of forecast

By any partial snow cover the soil temperature can not exceed 0ºC(equivalent to instantaneous horizontal heat transfer)

One profile of temperature and moisture in the soil for snow covered and snow-free parts

T_SO_3, 3 days forecast T2M, 3 days forecast

Tiles – Implementation

Either mosaic or tile approach in the version 4.16, with a user-specified number of tiles or sub-grid mosaic pixels.

surface type 1

surface type 2

surface type 3

surface type 4

snow-free

snow-free

snow snow

ns_snow

ns_stat

User-defined parameters:

ns_stat: number of static surface types

ns_snow:number of those static surface typeswhich can have snow as a separate tile

snow fraction for each of these typesis recomputed at each time step, i.e.dynamic tiles


Summary of successes and misses


Priority project COLOBOCFinal status (ok, finalized till end 2011, not all goals reached)

T0. Observation sets for model validation and development > new instruments at Payerne> SRNWP data pool action, with 9 sites> coordination transferred to WG3b, resources guaranteed

T1. Externalized TERRA module> consolidated package and documentation available on COSMO web site (based on COSMO 4.13)> not supported, open question in WG3b

T2. Software for generation of external parameters> consolidated software EXTPAR v1.5> software and documentation are available (software available at DWD, soon on COSMO web site)> web portal soon operational

T3. External parameters > Documentation of data sets available> Consolidated data set, with 15 new parameters

T4. TERRA improvements > Implementation of TERRA developments into COSMO V4.11 2009/11/30> Definition of the consolidated set of look-up tables in EXTPAR > Experiments at MeteoSwiss and DWD showed mixed, neutral impact on verification scores> Physically more realistic, basis for further developments


Priority project COLOBOCFinal status (ok, finalized till end 2011, not all goals reached)

T5.1. Improved snow model> revised parameterization of snow albedo (incl. ageing)> revised parameterization of partial snow cover (height instead of snow water equivalent based)> proposition for a new parameterization of old snow density> new multi-layers snow model implemented in COSMO 4.11> still some stability issues for very shallow snow layers, corrections being investigated> official release, tested and documented, planned for Q2 2012

T5.2. Snow analysis> unified snow analysis software (MCH modifications merged in official sfcana) > altitudinal interpolation not available, temporal stability of analysis may be an issue

T6. Urban module BEP> code and documentation available at MeteoSwiss (based on COSMO 4.7)> not supported, open question in WG3b

T7. Parameterization of surface heterogeneities with the tile/mosaic approach > tile and mosaic implemented in COSMO 4.16> user configurable, dynamic tiles for snow supporting surface types> consolidated and official release planned for Q2 2012


COSMO GM Offenbach | postprocessing [email protected]

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