Assimilating FY-4A AGRI Radiances with a Channel-Sensitive Cloud Detection Scheme for the Analysis and Forecasting of Multiple Typhoons

This paper presents an attempt at assimilating clear-sky FY-4A Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager(AGRI)radiances from two water vapor channels for the prediction of three landfalling typhoon events over the West Pacific Ocean using the 3DVar data assimilation(DA)method along with the WRF model.A channel-sensitive cloud detection scheme based on the particle filter(PF)algorithm is developed and examined against a cloud detection scheme using the multivariate and minimum residual(MMR)algorithm and another traditional cloud mask–dependent cloud detection scheme.Results show that both channel-sensitive cloud detection schemes are effective,while the PF scheme is able to reserve more pixels than the MMR scheme for the same channel.In general,the added value of AGRI radiances is confirmed when comparing with the control experiment without AGRI radiances.Moreover,it is found that the analysis fields of the PF experiment are mostly improved in terms of better depicting the typhoon,including the temperature,moisture,and dynamical conditions.The typhoon track forecast skill is improved with AGRI radiance DA,which could be explained by better simulating the upper trough.The impact of assimilating AGRI radiances on typhoon intensity forecasts is small.On the other hand,improved rainfall forecasts from AGRI DA experiments are found along with reduced errors for both the thermodynamic and moisture fields,albeit the improvements are limited.

Assimilation of the FY-4A AGRI Clear-Sky Radiance Data in a Regional Numerical Model and Its Impact on the Forecast of the“21·7”Henan Extremely Persistent Heavy Rainfall

Assimilation of the Advanced Geostationary Radiance Imager(AGRI)clear-sky radiance in a regional model is performed.The forecasting effectiveness of the assimilation of two water vapor(WV)channels with conventional observations for the“21·7”Henan extremely heavy rainfall is analyzed and compared with a baseline test that assimilates only conventional observations in this study.The results show that the 24-h cumulative precipitation forecast by the assimilation experiment with the addition of the AGRI exceeds 500 mm,compared to a maximum value of 532.6 mm measured by the national meteorological stations,and that the location of the maximum precipitation is consistent with the observations.The results for the short periods of intense precipitation processes are that the simulation of the location and intensity of the 3-h cumulative precipitation is also relatively accurate.The analysis increment shows that the main difference between the two sets of assimilation experiments is over the ocean due to the additional ocean observations provided by FY-4A,which compensates for the lack of ocean observations.The assimilation of satellite data adjusts the vertical and horizontal wind fields over the ocean by adjusting the atmospheric temperature and humidity,which ultimately results in a narrower and stronger WV transport path to the center of heavy precipitation in Zhengzhou in the lower troposphere.Conversely,the WV convergence and upward motion in the control experiment are more dispersed;therefore,the precipitation centers are also correspondingly more dispersed.

Assimilating AMSU-A Radiance Data with the WRF Hybrid En3DVAR System for Track Predictions of Typhoon Megi(2010)

The impact of assimilating radiances from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A（AMSU-A） on the track prediction of Typhoon Megi（2010） was studied using the Weather Research and Forecasting（WRF） model and a hybrid ensemble threedimensional variational（En3DVAR） data assimilation（DA） system.The influences of tuning the length scale and variance scale factors related to the static background error covariance（BEC） on the track forecast of the typhoon were studied.The results show that,in typhoon radiance data assimilation,a moderate length scale factor improves the prediction of the typhoon track.The assimilation of AMSU-A radiances using 3DVAR had a slight positive impact on track forecasts,even when the static BEC was carefully tuned to optimize its performance.When the hybrid DA was employed,the track forecast was significantly improved,especially for the sharp northward turn after crossing the Philippines,with the flow-dependent ensemble covariance.The flow-dependent BEC can be estimated by the hybrid DA and was capable of adjusting the position of the typhoon systematically.The impacts of the typhoon-specific BEC derived from ensemble forecasts were revealed by comparing the analysis increments and forecasts generated by the hybrid DA and 3DVAR.Additionally,for 24 h forecasts,the hybrid DA experiment with use of the full flow-dependent background error substantially outperformed 3DVAR in terms of the horizontal winds and temperature in the lower and mid-troposphere and for moisture at all levels.

Use of Microwave Radiances from Metop-C and Fengyun-3 C/D Satellites for a Northern European Limited-area Data Assimilation System

MetCoOp is a Nordic collaboration on operational Numerical Weather Prediction based on a common limited-area km-scale ensemble system. The initial states are produced using a 3-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme utilizing a large amount of observations from conventional in-situ measurements, weather radars, global navigation satellite system, advanced scatterometer data and satellite radiances from various satellite platforms. A version of the forecasting system which is aimed for future operations has been prepared for an enhanced assimilation of microwave radiances. This enhanced data assimilation system will use radiances from the Microwave Humidity Sounder, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A and the Micro-Wave Humidity Sounder-2 instruments on-board the Metop-C and Fengyun-3 C/D polar orbiting satellites. The implementation process includes channel selection, set-up of an adaptive bias correction procedure, and careful monitoring of data usage and quality control of observations. The benefit of the additional microwave observations in terms of data coverage and impact on analyses, as derived using the degree of freedom of signal approach, is demonstrated. A positive impact on forecast quality is shown, and the effect on the precipitation for a case study is examined. Finally, the role of enhanced data assimilation techniques and adaptions towards nowcasting are discussed.

Evaluation of the WRF Weather Forecasts over the Southern Region of Brazil

The data assimilation technique, known as 3DVAR, of the WRF mesoscale modeling system has been used in order to perform the impact analysis of meteorological data assimilation in the weather forecasts over the Rio Grande do Sul State in Brazil. The consistency of the data assimilation has been analyzed by investigating and evaluating the model forecast results processed with and without data assimilations. Two different procedures of data assimilation have been conducted to perform the study. The forecasts of the accumulated rainfall model variable, spatially plotted over the model integration domains, have been compared and validated against the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite based data, as well as with the Canguçu city meteorological radar reflectivity data. The comparison has been made considering the total amount of the accumulated rainfall predicted by the model against the automatic weather station data and most of the conducted processing presented compatible results. It has also been observed that, the inclusion of assimilated data enabled an improvement in the intensity as well as in the location of the main convective cell. The radar reflectivity field showed a significant performance in all processed experiments with data assimilation. However, for some regions, more significant obtained results have been shown to be the case in which the spectral radiances were assimilated, as compared with the case in which the spectral radiances were not included. The evaluation of the vertical atmospheric profiles of temperature and dew point temperature showed only a small impact of data assimilation. However, both simulations coherently presented the two vertical profiles, when compared with the observed profiles. In short, the study shows that, although the forecasts presented some inconsistencies in the evaluated results, the 3DVAR assimilation improves significantly the forecasting of the Weather WRF model.

Application of ATOVS Microwave Radiance Assimilation to Rainfall Prediction in Summer 2004

Experiments are performed in this paper to understand the influence of satellite radiance data on the initial field of a numerical prediction system and rainfall prediction. First, Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit A （AMSU-A） and Unit B （AMSU-B） radiance data are directly used by three-dimensional variational data assimilation to improve the background field of the numerical model. Then, the detailed effect of the radiance data on the background field is analyzed. Secondly, the background field, which is formed by application of Advanced Television and Infrared Observation Satellite Operational Vertical Sounder （ATOVS） microwave radiance assimilation, is employed to simulate some heavy rainfall cases. The experiment results show that the assimilation of AMSU-A （B） microwave radiance data has a certain impact on the geopotential height, temperature, relative humidity and flow fields. And the impacts on the background field are mostly similar in the different months in summer. The heavy rainfall experiments reveal that the application of AMSU-A （B） microwave radiance data can improve the rainfall prediction significantly. In particular, the AMSU-A radiance data can significantly enhance the prediction of rainfall above 10 mm within 48 h, and the AMSU-B radiance data can improve the prediction of rainfall above 50 mm within 24 h. The present study confirms that the direct assimilation of satellite radiance data is an effective way to improve the prediction of heavy rainfall in the summer in China.

Evaluation of atmospheric corrections on hyperspectral data with special reference to mineral mapping

Hyperspectral images have wide applications in the fields of geology,mineral exploration,agriculture,forestry and environmental studies etc.due to their narrow band width with numerous channels.However,these images commonly suffer from atmospheric effects,thereby limiting their use.In such a situation,atmospheric correction becomes a necessary pre-requisite for any further processing and accurate interpretation of spectra of different surface materials/objects.In the present study,two very advance atmospheric approaches i.e.QUAC and FLAASH have been applied on the hyperspectral remote sensing imagery.The spectra of vegetation,man-made structure and different minerals from the Gadag area of Karnataka,were extracted from the raw image and also from the QUAC and FLAASH corrected images.These spectra were compared among themselves and also with the existing USGS and JHU spectral library.FLAASH is rigorous atmospheric algorithm and requires various parameters to perform but it has capability to compensate the effects of atmospheric absorption.These absorption curves in any spectra play an important role in identification of the compositions.Therefore,the presence of unwanted absorption features can lead to wrong interpretation and identification of mineral composition.FLAASH also has an advantage of spectral polishing which provides smooth spectral curves which helps in accurate identification of composition of minerals.Therefore,this study recommends that FLAASH is better than QUAC for atmospheric correction and correct interpretation and identification of composition of any object or minerals.

TWO BIAS CORRECTION SCHEMES FOR ATOVS RADIANCE DATA

To better assimilate Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder(ATOVS) radiance data and provide more accurate initial fields for a numerical model,two bias correction schemes are employed to correct the ATOVS radiance data.The difference in the two schemes lies in the predictors use in air-mass bias correction.The predictors used in SCHEME 1 are all obtained from model first-guess,while those in SCHEME 2 are from model first-guess and radiance observations.The results from the two schemes show that after bias correction,the observation residual became smaller and closer to a Gaussian distribution.For both land and ocean data sets,the results obtained from SCHEME 1 are similar to those from SCHEME 2,which indicates that the predictors could be used in bias correction of ATOVS data.

ATOVS卫星资料同化对三江源暴雨预报影响的试验研究

选取3个三江源的典型降水个例(2018年6月30日、7月5日、8月24日),利用NCEP FNL再分析数据,并加入ATOVS湿度探测器MHS资料同化,基于WRF模式及其三维变分同化系统对三江源区域3次降水过程进行循环同化试验,分析3次事件的模拟状况,并定量分析降水结果。结果表明,3次降水事件在加入MHS资料同化后,1)模拟的水汽增大,在中层体现最明显且更符合实际情况,高空水汽和风模拟较好,地面温度预报欠佳;2)MHS资料对降水预报的影响主要体现在降水区面积和降水量的增大,提高了降水预报水平,但也带来较多空报区域;3)从TS、ETS、POD评分结果来看,有两个降水试验的提升较为明显,其中“0630”试验TS评分结果在0.5~10 mm之间提升了0.05~0.1,ETS在5 mm提升超过0.08,在10~20 mm之间也有少量提升,POD检验在0.5~20 mm之间均有提升,在0.5~10 mm之间提升最为明显,提升了0.1~0.25,“0824”试验TS与ETS在10~20 mm之间提升超过0.1,POD检验在6~20 mm之间提升了0.1~0.4,同化后降水预报有所改善,且在大阈值降水尤为明显;4)MHS资料同化对“0705”试验降水预报改善不明显,说明同化并不是每次都能给结果带来正效应,因此在使用MHS资料时不能过于信赖它,但总体上,同化MHS资料能够提升预报质量。

基于隐式神经表示的模型隐写方案

可视数据(图像、视频、3D模型)的隐式表达已经成为当前计算机视觉研究的热点,提出了一种新的基于隐式神经表示的模型隐写方案,消息发送方利用神经辐射场(neural radiance fields,NeRF)新视角合成的特性,通过引入一个视角作为密钥,由NeRF模型生成秘密视角图像作为后门,然后利用过拟合的方法训练一个消息提取器,以建立秘密消息和秘密视角图像的一一映射。发送方将训练好的NeRF模型和消息提取器通过公开信道传递给接收方,接收方利用双方共享的密钥,由NeRF模型获得秘密视角下的渲染图像,再通过消息提取器获得秘密消息。而攻击方因无法准确掌握该视角信息,从而无法窃取秘密消息。实验结果证明:所训练的消息提取器实现大容量快速隐写,消息嵌入量达100%,同时NeRF巨大的视角密钥空间保证了该方案的隐蔽性。

基于神经辐射场算法的混合现实三维重建技术

针对目前在混合现实(MR)环境中高效率建立高质量三维(3D)模型的需求,基于神经辐射场算法(NeRF)的三维重建技术,提出了一种基于Laplacian算子的数据集优化算法。首先,围绕某线切割设备录制了一段1 min 51 s的视频,并采取等距提取视频帧的方式,获取了训练数据集;然后,使用Laplacian算子对数据集进行了优化,同时保留了原始数据集作为对比,使用了基于NeRF算法的重建方式与传统的基于COLMAP的稠密点云重建方式,分别对两组数据集进行了三维重建;最后,在重建精度与重建速度方面,对不同重建方式、不同重建数据集的重建结果进行了比较。研究结果表明:COLMAP稠密点云重建耗时是基于NeRF重建耗时的9.98倍,而相较于COLMAP稠密点云重建,使用NeRF重建方式的模型表面缺陷较少;此外,使用Laplacian算子优化的数据集的NeRF重建在峰值信噪比(PSNR)和结构相似性(SSIM)指标上分别提升了2.43%、0.72%,有利于提升重建模型的质量。研究结果支持混合现实技术在制造业数字化转型中的应用,可为其提供有益的参考。

3种卫星微波资料同化在三江源一次暴雨的模拟研究

为了解卫星微波资料同化是否能改善三江源降水模拟,针对三江源2018年8月24日短时强降水个例,利用NCEP FNL再分析数据,分别加入NOAA-18的AMSUA、MHS和NPP的ATMS微波资料同化,基于WRF模式及其三维变分同化系统对三江源区域此次降水过程进行循环同化实验,对模拟结果进行分析和讨论。结果表明,各卫星资料对背景场有着不同的调整作用,MHS对水汽影响最大并且多为增湿作用,AMSUA对温度调整最明显,3种资料对纬向风的影响结果几乎一样,对径向风的调整幅度较接近。在加入各卫星资料同化后,降水模拟有一定改善,对于各站点降水随时间变化模拟,效果MHS>ATMS>AMSUA;对于模拟的6 h累计降水量分布状况以及从降水评分结果,效果MHS,ATMS>AMSUA,对于模拟的24 h累计降水量以及检验结果来看,MHS>ATMS>AMSUA,综合来看,本次三江源降水事件,MHS效果改善最好,其次是ATMS,AMSUA效果稍差。

On the separate retrieval of soil and vegetation temperatures from ATSR data

The Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) onboard the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS) is presently the only one available to provide quasi-simultaneous thermal infrared measurements at two view angles. Such data represent an opportunity to explore the potential information on the directional observations in the thermal infrared region, in view of the preparation of a new generation of multi-angle satellite sensors. Based on the analysis of one ATSR image, the results of this work indicate that the magnitude of the directional effect on the brightness temperature (ground anisotropic radiance), although quite sensitive to errors in atmospheric conditions, may still be retrieved with acceptable uncertainty. In order to retrieve both vegetation and soil temperatures from directional brightness temperatures, it is shown that an appropriate description of the nature and content of the pixel is needed, otherwise this retrieval will be quite uncertain.

Satellite All-sky Infrared Radiance Assimilation:Recent Progress and Future Perspectives

Satellite infrared(IR)sounder and imager measurements have become one of the main sources of data used by data assimilation systems to generate initial conditions for numerical weather prediction(NWP)models and atmospheric analysis/reanalysis.This paper reviews the development of satellite IR data assimilation in NWP in recent years,especially the assimilation of all-sky satellite IR observations.The major challenges and future directions are outlined and discussed.

A Preliminary Global Analysis of Remotely Sensed Radiation Characteristics of Ground Features: Ⅰ. Methodology and Results

A Landsat data transformation method which was proposed by the author was applied to extract useful information from data of 769 ground feature classification units of worldwide scope.Three most important characteristic values--the general radiance level L,the visible-infrared radiation balance B and the band radiance variation vector (direction and speed) V were calculated.Then the 769 class units were sorted into 106 groups based on their natural characteristics.The means and standard deviations of L,B and V values for all the groups were calculated.The distributions of the 106 groups or the 769 units on the number axes of L,B and V,in the planes of L-B,L-V and B-V,and in the space of L-B-V were investigated.Finally,the typical numerical characteristics of the various ground features are discussed in consideration of their worldwide variations in the present paper.

Impact of Assimilating Radiances with the WRFDA ETKF/3DVAR Hybrid System on Prediction of Two Typhoons in 2012

The impacts of AMSU-A and IASI（Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer） radiances assimilation on the prediction of typhoons Vicente and Saola（2012） are studied by using the ensemble transform Kalman filter/three-dimensional variational（ETKF/3DVAR） Hybrid system for the Weather Research and Forecasting（WRF） model. The experiment without assimilating radiance data in 3DVAR is compared with two experiments using the 3DVAR and ETKF/3DVAR hybrid systems to assimilate AMSU-A radiance,respectively. The results show that AMSU-A radiance data have slight positive impacts on track forecasts of the 3DVAR system. When the ETKF/3DVAR hybrid system is employed, typhoon track forecast skills are greatly improved. For 36-h forecasts, the hybrid system has a lower root-mean-square error for wind and temperature at most levels, and specific humidity at low levels, compared to 3DVAR. It is also found that, on average, the use of the IASI radiance data along with AMSU-A radiance data in the hybrid system further increases the track, wind, and specific humidity forecast accuracy compared to the experiment without IASI radiance assimilation.

Preliminary Study on Direct Assimilation of Cloud-affected Satellite Microwave Brightness Temperatures

Direct assimilation of cloud-affected microwave brightness temperatures from AMSU-A into the GSI three-dimensional variational （3D-Var） assimilation system is preliminarily studied in this paper. A combination of cloud microphysics param- eters retrieved by the 1D-Var algorithm （including vertical profiles of cloud liquid water content, ice water content, and rain water content） and atmospheric state parameters from objective analysis fields of an NWP model are used as background fields. Three cloud microphysics parameters （cloud liquid water content, ice water content, and rain water content） are ap- plied to the control variable. Typhoon Halong （2014） is selected as an example. The results show that direct assimilation of cloud-affected AMSU-A observations can effectively adjust the structure of large-scale temperature, humidity and wind anal- ysis fields due to the assimilation of more AMSU-A observations in typhoon cloudy areas, especially typhoon spiral cloud belts. These adjustments, with temperatures increasing and humidities decreasing in the movement direction of the typhoon, bring the forecasted typhoon moving direction closer to its real path. The assimilation of cloud-affected satellite microwave brightness temperatures can provide better analysis fields that are more similar to the actual situation. Furthermore, typhoon prediction accuracy is improved using these assimilation analysis fields as the initial forecast fields in NWP models.

A STUDY ON SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION WITH DIFFERENT ATOVS IN TYPHOON NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS

Based on the newly developed Weather Research and Forecasting model(WRF)and its three-dimensional variational data assimilation(3DVAR)system,this study constructed twelve experiments to explore the impact of direct assimilation of different ATOVS radiance on the intensity and track simulation of super-typhoon Fanapi(2010)using a data assimilation cycle method.The result indicates that the assimilation of ATOVS radiance could improve typhoon intensity effectively.The average bias of the central sea level pressure(CSLP)drops to 18 hPa,compared to 42 hPa in the experiment without data assimilation.However,the influence due to different radiance data is not significant,which is less than 6hPa on average,implying limited improvement from sole assimilation of ATOVS radiance.The track issue is studied in the following steps.First,the radiance from the same sensor of different satellites could produce different effect.For the AMSU-A,NOAA-15 and NOAA-18,they produce equivalent improvement,whereas NOAA-16 produces slightly poor effect.And for the AMSU-B,NOAA-15 and NOAA-16,they produce equivalent and more positive effect than that provided by the AMSU-A.Second,the assimilation radiance from different sensors of the identical satellites could also produce different effect.The assimilation of AMSU-B produces the largest improvement,while the ameliorating effect of HIRS/3assimilation is inferior to that of AMSU-B assimilation,while the AMSU-A assimilation exhibits the poorest improvement.Moreover,the simultaneous assimilation of different radiance could not produce further improvement.Finally,the experiments of simultaneous assimilation radiance from multiple satellites indicate that such assimilation may lead to negative effect due to accumulative bias when adding various radiance data into the data assimilation system.Thus the assimilation of ATOVS radiance from a single satellite may perform better than that from two or three satellites.

Estimation of Land Surface Temperature of Yola, North Eastern Nigeria Using Landsat-7 ETM+ Satellite Image

The land surface temperature of Yola (latitude 9&deg11'N to 9&deg20'N and longitude 12&deg23'E to 12&deg33'E) North-eastern Nigeria was estimated using landsat-7 ETM+ satellite images. ENVI 4.5 software, and Thermal band 6.2 were used for the estimation, land surface temperature, from Landsat-7 ETM+ imagery sensors acquired as a digital number (DN) range from 0 - 255 in thermal band. DNs were first converted to radiance values in Wm-2·sr-1·μm-1, using the bias and gain values specific to an individual pixel, then the radiance was converted eventually to surface temperature (in Kelvin). The results indicate that there is a significant variation in land surface temperature between the two different seasons in Yola. The mean surface temperatures estimated are 307.9 K and 298.1 K during the dry and rainy seasons respectively. The result obtained was compared with data obtained from Meteorological Department. The estimated land surface temperature showed a good correlation, with a difference of 2 K to 3 K.

Assimilation of All-Sky Radiance from the FY-3 MWHS-2 with the Yinhe 4D-Var System

Compared with traditional microwave humidity sounding capabilities at 183 GHz,new channels at 118 GHz have been mounted on the second generation of the Microwave Humidity Sounder(MWHS-2)onboard the Chinese FY-3C and FY-3D polar orbit meteorological satellites,which helps to perform moisture sounding.In this study,as the allsky approach can manage non-linear and non-Gaussian behavior in cloud-and precipitation-affected satellite radiances,the MWHS-2 radiances in all-sky conditions were first assimilated in the Yinhe four-dimensional variational data assimilation(YH4DVAR)system.The data quality from MWHS-2 was evaluated based on observation minus background statistics.It is found that the MWHS-2 data of both FY-3C and FY-3D are of good quality in general.Six months of MWHS-2 radiances in all-sky conditions were then assimilated in the YH4DVAR system.Based on the forecast scores and observation fits,we conclude that the all-sky assimilation of the MWHS-2 at 118-and 183-GHz channels on FY-3C/D is beneficial to the analysis and forecast fields of the temperature and humidity,and the impact on the forecast skill scores is neutral to positive.Additionally,we compared the impacts of assimilating the 118-GHz channels and the equivalent Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A(AMSUA)channels on global forecast accuracy in the absence of other satellite observations.Overall,the impact of the 118-GHz channels on the forecast accuracy is not as large as that for the equivalent AMSUA channels.Nevertheless,all-sky radiance assimilation of MWHS-2 in the YH4DVAR system has indeed benefited from the 118-GHz channels.