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Precipitation Classification and Analysis from AMSU Ralf Bennartz University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Anke Thoss, Adam Dybbroe, Daniel B. Michelson Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Norrköping, Sweden. Work performed within EUMETSAT Nowcasting SAF. Outline - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Precipitation Classification and Analysis from AMSU
Ralf Bennartz
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS
Anke Thoss, Adam Dybbroe, Daniel B. Michelson
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Norrköping, Sweden
Work performed within EUMETSAT Nowcasting SAF
Outline
Introduction
Method overview and statistical significance•AMSU•AVHRR•combining AMSU and AVHRR
Case Studies
Outlook
Demands on precipitation estimates
Climate research
• High absolute accuracy needed to detect climate signals• Global observations • Temporal and spatial averages• Long term observation • Monitoring of extreme events
Nowcasting/short range forecasting
• Timely product generation• Best possible spatial resolution• Absolute accuracy not of major importance (three to four
intensity classes are sufficient)
The data set
• Eight month of NOAA-15 AMSU-A/B and AVHRR (April 99-November 99)
• Eight month of NOAA-16 AMSU-A/B and AVHRR (February 01- September 01)
• Co-located BALTEX-radar Data Centre radar data for the entire Baltic region, 25 radars, gauge adjusted
AMSU-A/B
• conically scanning microwave radiometer• spectral range 23-190 GHz, channels used:
23 GHz, 89GHz, 150GHz• 3.3 degree resolution AMSU-A• 1.1 degree resolution AMSU-B
AVHRR• channels used: 0.6 m, 3.7 m, 11 m and 12 m• 1km resolution at nadir ( 0.054 degree )
Observation geometry
Altitude of radar beam (elevation 0.5°):
@100km distance: 2.2 km
@200km distance: 5.2 km
273 K isothermal typically at 2-3 km
Four classes of precipitation intensity from co-located radar data
Rain rate
Class 1: Precipitation-free 0.0 - 0.1 mm/h
Class 2: Risk for precipitation 0.1- 0.5 mm/h
Class 3: Light/moderate precipitation 0.5 - 5.0 mm/h
Class 4: Intensive precipitation 5.0 - ... mm/h
Passive microwave precipitation signal
• Most directly linked to surface precipitation
• Over cold (water) surfaces only
• Works over both land and water surfaces
• More indirect
The scattering index
• Has been found to be a linear measure for precipitation intensity
• Predict brightness temperature T* in absence of scattering from low frequencies (functional relation is found by inverse radiative transfer modelling or global brightness temperature statistics)
• Take observed high frequency brightness temperature and subtract T*
lowfreqobserved TTTSI *
AMSU-A water or coast, AMSU-B land:
SI= T89-T150-CORR
AMSU-A land (and AMSU-B land):
SI= T23-T150-CORR
AMSU-B water:
SI= T89-T150-CORR
correction factor CORR corrects for scan position effects and statisticaloffset for non scattering situations (for SI water adjusted dynamically).
Probability of different classes over sea
AVHRR algorithm:
calculate a Precipitation index PI for day or night
•11µm Tb most important
•day: additional information from R0.6 µm/R3.7 µm:
•night: additional information from 11 µm-12 µm:
PIday=a*Tsurf-b*T11+c*ln(R0.6/R3.8)
PInight=a*Tsurf-b*T11+c*(T11-T12)
AVHRR+ high spatial resolution
+ convective cells, even small ones, can be well identified
- no strong coupling between spectral signature and rain
- area of potential rain overestimated generally low likelihood
- intensity and likelihood not really decoupled
AMSU- low spatial resolution
- small convective cells sometimes missed
+ stronger coupling between rain and scattering signature
+ rain areas better delineated
+ more independent intensity and likelihood information
- sometimes spurious light rain
- not applicable over snow and ice
Combining AVHRR and AMSUAVHRR mainly used for QC of AMSU:
•run cloud type analysis
•for AVHRR pixels containing a potentially raining cloud type compute precipitation likelihood
•if total precipitation likelihood from AVHRR > 5%* take replace precipitation estimate with AMSU estimate (if available)
•over snow and sea ice use AVHRR only
*thresholidng with a 5% likelihood from AVHRR has the effect that about 5% of the rain according to (imperfect)radar estimates are missed.
NOAA15 overpass 13 September 2000, 06:43 UTC
RGB AVHRR ch3,4,5 PC product RGB:red: very lightgreen:light/moderateblue:intense
Radar composite
RGB AVHRR ch3,4,5 PC product RGB:red: very lightgreen:light/moderateblue:intense
Radar composite
NOAA15 overpass 13 September 2000, 05:48 UTC
NOAA15 overpass 13 September 2000, 06:43 UTC
RGB AVHRR ch3,4,5 PC product RGB:red: very lightgreen:light/moderateblue:intense
Radar compositedifferent projection!
RGB AVHRR ch3,4,5 PC product RGB:red: very lightgreen:light/moderateblue:intense
Radar compositedifferent projection!
NOAA15 overpass 13 September 2000, 05:48 UTC
Conclusions
Empirical approach to detect precipitation and to classify intensity for use in nowcasting
User is provided with the likelihood of four different classes of precipitation intensity
150 GHz gives more detail especially over land surfaces
AVHRR good for QC of AMSU data
Outlook
Extend to different climates (work in progress for Spain)
Better incorporation of AMSU and AVHRR
Extend method to combination of MODIS and AMSU/HSB on AQUA
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