CICE-LETKF Ensemble Analysis System with Application to Arctic Sea Ice Initialization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods and Data
2.1. Ensemble Analysis System
2.2. Data
3. Theory and Calculation
3.1. Theory
3.2. Calculation
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Name | Description |
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OBSC | Ensemble size was 20; the initial values for the ensemble prediction were randomly taken from the restart field of control run without DA every 7 days; no observation was assimilated in the ensemble simulation. |
OBS1 | Same as OBSC except the SIC adopted every 4 grids from the observation field was assimilated. |
OBS2 | Same as OBSC except the SIC adopted every 2 grids from the observation field was assimilated. |
Name | Description |
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ENSC | Ensemble size was 20; the initial values for the ensemble prediction were randomly taken from the restart field of control run without DA every 3 days; the SIC was adopted every 4 grids from the observation field. |
ENS1 | Same as ENSC except that ensemble size was 40. |
Name | Description |
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INIC | Ensemble size was 20; the initial values for the ensemble prediction were randomly taken from the restart field of control run without DA every 7 days; the SIC was adopted every 4 grids from the observation field. It was identical to OBS1 in Table 1. |
INI1 | Same as INIC except that the initial values for the ensemble prediction were randomly taken from the restart field of control run without DA every 3 days. It was identical to ENSC in Table 2. |
Name | Description |
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PARC | Ensemble size was 20; the initial values for the ensemble prediction were randomly taken from the restart field of control run without DA every 7 days; the SIC adopted every 4 grids from the observation field was assimilated. It was identical to OBS1 in Table 1. |
PAR1 | Same as PARC except that covariance inflation was performed in the filtering with = 2 in Equation (12). |
PAR2 | Same as PARC except that perturbation relaxation was performed in the filtering with = 0.5 in Equation (13). |
PAR3 | Same as PARC except that spread relaxation was performed in the filtering with = 0.5 in Equation (14). |
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Liu, X.; Sha, Z.; Lu, C. CICE-LETKF Ensemble Analysis System with Application to Arctic Sea Ice Initialization. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2021, 9, 920. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9090920
Liu X, Sha Z, Lu C. CICE-LETKF Ensemble Analysis System with Application to Arctic Sea Ice Initialization. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021; 9(9):920. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9090920
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Xiying, Zicheng Sha, and Chenchen Lu. 2021. "CICE-LETKF Ensemble Analysis System with Application to Arctic Sea Ice Initialization" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 9: 920. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9090920