The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting
Abstract This paper describes the new global Navy Earth System Prediction Capability (Navy‐ESPC) coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice prediction system developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for operational forecasting for timescales of days to the subseasonal. Two configurations of the system...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4e70c63f8aeb4b958ec5a10fb0e13497 2023-05-15T13:37:56+02:00 The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting Neil Barton E. Joseph Metzger Carolyn A. Reynolds Benjamin Ruston Clark Rowley Ole Martin Smedstad James A. Ridout Alan Wallcraft Sergey Frolov Patrick Hogan Matthew A. Janiga Jay F. Shriver Justin McLay Prasad Thoppil Andrew Huang William Crawford Timothy Whitcomb Craig H. Bishop Luis Zamudio Michael Phelps 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001199 https://doaj.org/article/4e70c63f8aeb4b958ec5a10fb0e13497 EN eng American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001199 https://doaj.org/toc/2333-5084 2333-5084 doi:10.1029/2020EA001199 https://doaj.org/article/4e70c63f8aeb4b958ec5a10fb0e13497 Earth and Space Science, Vol 8, Iss 4, Pp n/a-n/a (2021) coupled modeling subseasonal forecasting data assimilation ensembles MJO Astronomy QB1-991 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001199 2022-12-31T05:31:16Z Abstract This paper describes the new global Navy Earth System Prediction Capability (Navy‐ESPC) coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice prediction system developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for operational forecasting for timescales of days to the subseasonal. Two configurations of the system are validated: (1) a low‐resolution 16‐member ensemble system and (2) a high‐resolution deterministic system. The Navy‐ESPC ensemble system became operational in August 2020, and this is the first time the NRL operational partner, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, will provide global coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice forecasts, with atmospheric forecasts extending past 16 days, and ocean and sea ice ensemble forecasts. A unique aspect of the Navy‐ESPC is that the global ocean model is eddy resolving at 1/12° in the ensemble and at 1/25° in the deterministic configurations. The component models are current Navy operational systems: NAVy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) for the atmosphere, HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) for the ocean, and Community Ice CodE (CICE) for the sea ice. Physics updates to improve the simulation of equatorial phenomena, particularly the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO), were introduced into NAVGEM. The low‐resolution ensemble configuration and high‐resolution deterministic configuration are evaluated based on analyses and forecasts from January 2017 to January 2018. Navy‐ESPC ensemble forecast skill for large‐scale atmospheric phenomena, such as the MJO, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), and other indices, is comparable to that of other numerical weather prediction (NWP) centers. Ensemble forecasts of ocean sea surface temperatures perform better than climatology in the tropics and midlatitudes out to 60 days. In addition, the Navy‐ESPC Pan‐Arctic and Pan‐Antarctic sea ice extent predictions perform better than climatology out to about 45 days, although the skill is dependent on season. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Antarctic Earth and Space Science 8 4 |
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Abstract This paper describes the new global Navy Earth System Prediction Capability (Navy‐ESPC) coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice prediction system developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for operational forecasting for timescales of days to the subseasonal. Two configurations of the system are validated: (1) a low‐resolution 16‐member ensemble system and (2) a high‐resolution deterministic system. The Navy‐ESPC ensemble system became operational in August 2020, and this is the first time the NRL operational partner, Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, will provide global coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice forecasts, with atmospheric forecasts extending past 16 days, and ocean and sea ice ensemble forecasts. A unique aspect of the Navy‐ESPC is that the global ocean model is eddy resolving at 1/12° in the ensemble and at 1/25° in the deterministic configurations. The component models are current Navy operational systems: NAVy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) for the atmosphere, HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) for the ocean, and Community Ice CodE (CICE) for the sea ice. Physics updates to improve the simulation of equatorial phenomena, particularly the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO), were introduced into NAVGEM. The low‐resolution ensemble configuration and high‐resolution deterministic configuration are evaluated based on analyses and forecasts from January 2017 to January 2018. Navy‐ESPC ensemble forecast skill for large‐scale atmospheric phenomena, such as the MJO, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Antarctic Oscillation (AAO), and other indices, is comparable to that of other numerical weather prediction (NWP) centers. Ensemble forecasts of ocean sea surface temperatures perform better than climatology in the tropics and midlatitudes out to 60 days. In addition, the Navy‐ESPC Pan‐Arctic and Pan‐Antarctic sea ice extent predictions perform better than climatology out to about 45 days, although the skill is dependent on season. |
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The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting |
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The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting |
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The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting |
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The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting |
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The Navy's Earth System Prediction Capability: A New Global Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Prediction System Designed for Daily to Subseasonal Forecasting |
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navy's earth system prediction capability: a new global coupled atmosphere‐ocean‐sea ice prediction system designed for daily to subseasonal forecasting |
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