Impact of observation-optimized model parameters on decadal predictions: Simulation with a simple pycnocline prediction model

Details Impact of observation-optimized model parameters on decadal predictions: Simulation with a simple pycnocline prediction model Impact of observation-optimized model parameters on decadal predictions: Simulation with a simple pycnocline prediction model

Jan 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3802702z&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 2, CiteID L02702

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Oceanography: Physical: Decadal Ocean Variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 4215), Global Change: Global Climate Models (3337, 4928)

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A skillful decadal prediction that foretells varying regional climate conditions over seasonal-interannual to multidecadal time scales is of societal significance. However, predictions initialized from the climate observing system tend to drift away from observed states towards the imperfect model climate due to model biases arising from imperfect model equations, numeric schemes and physical parameterizations, as well as the errors in the values of model parameters. Here I show how to mitigate the model bias through optimizing model parameters using observations so as to constrain the model drift in climate predictions with a simple decadal prediction model. Results show that the coupled state-parameter optimization with observations greatly enhances the predictability of the coupled model. While valid “atmospheric” forecasts are extended by more than 5 times, the decadal predictability of the “deep ocean” is almost doubled. The coherence of optimized model parameters and states is critical to improve the long time scale predictions.

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