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Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: using GOSAT XCH$_{4}$ data with weak-constraint four-dimensional variational data assimilation

Stanevich, Ilya; Jones, Dylan B. A.; Strong, Kimberly; Keller, Martin; Henze, Daven K.; Parker, Robert J.; Boesch, Hartmut; Wunch, Debra; Notholt, Justus; Petri, Christof; Warneke, Thorsten; Sussmann, Ralf 1; Schneider, Matthias 2; Hase, Frank 2; Kivi, Rigel; Deutscher, Nicholas M.; Velazco, Voltaire A.; Walker, Kaley A.; Deng, Feng
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

We examined biases in the global GEOS-Chem chemical transport model for the period of February–May 2010 using weak-constraint (WC) four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation and dry-air mole fractions of CH$_{4}$ (XCH$_{4}$) from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). The ability of the observations and the WC 4D-Var method to mitigate model errors in CH$_{4}$ concentrations was first investigated in a set of observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs). We then assimilated the GOSAT XCH$_{4}$ retrievals and found that they were capable of providing information on the vertical structure of model errors and of removing a significant portion of biases in the modeled CH$_{4}$ state. In the WC 4D-Var assimilation, corrections were added to the modeled CH$_{4}$ state at each model time step to account for model errors and improve the model fit to the assimilated observations. Compared to the conventional strong-constraint (SC) 4D-Var assimilation, the WC method was able to significantly improve the model fit to independent observations. Examination of the WC state corrections suggested that a significant source of model errors was associated with discrepancies in the model CH$_{4}$ in the stratosphere. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000134465
Veröffentlicht am 28.06.2021
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-9545-2021
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7324
KITopen-ID: 1000134465
HGF-Programm 12.11.13 (POF IV, LK 01) Long-term trends of global atmospheric composition
Erschienen in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 21
Heft 12
Seiten 9545–9572
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 24.06.2021
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