Assimilation of Aerosol Optical Depth Into the Warn‐on‐Forecast System for Smoke (WoFS‐Smoke)

Jones, Thomas; Ahmadov, Ravan; James, Eric

doi:10.1029/2022JD037454

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Assimilation of Aerosol Optical Depth Into the Warn‐on‐Forecast System for Smoke (WoFS‐Smoke)

2022
By Jones, Thomas ; Ahmadov, Ravan ; James, Eric
Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037454

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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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Jones, Thomas ; Ahmadov, Ravan ; James, Eric

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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; NSSL (National Severe Storms Laboratory) ; CIWRO (Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)

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This research extends the Warn-on-Forecast System for Smoke (WoFS-Smoke) by adding the capability to assimilate aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Series-R (GOES-R) satellites. The WoFS is a rapidly cycling, ensemble-based analysis and forecasting system designed to generate short term (0–3 hr) forecasts of high impact weather. WoFS-Smoke provides short-term forecasts of smoke aerosols injected into the atmosphere from ongoing wildfires. The vertically integrated concentration of smoke aerosols in the atmosphere can be estimated from satellite based AOD retrievals. To assimilate AOD into WoFS-Smoke, a smoke control variable is added to the prognostic state that is updated during each assimilation cycle. Then, a forward operator is created to relate modeled smoke aerosols to AOD retrievals using a mathematical function developed for the smoke-AOD conversion used by the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh for Smoke. Finally, GOES-R AOD retrievals are quality controlled and are assimilated at 15 min intervals. Comparing analyzed AOD with smoke and other atmospheric variables indicates that assimilating AOD not only directly impacts smoke aerosol concentration in the system, but also has indirect impacts on variables such as temperature, humidity, and wind. Results from two wildfire cases in Oklahoma and Arizona show that assimilating AOD substantially impacts the concentration and distribution of smoke aerosols in the system. Forecast verification against satellite and surface observations indicates the overall impact of assimilating AOD in WoFS-Smoke can improve forecast skill of smoke and the surrounding environment.
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Aerosols Numerical Weather Forecasting Smoke Aerosols Atmospheric Science Earth And Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Ensemble Data Assimilation Geophysics NWP Satellite Smoke Space And Planetary Science
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037454
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