Impact of Spectral Nudging on the Downscaling of Tropical Cyclones in Regional Climate Simulations

作     者：Suk-Jin CHOI Dong-Kyou LEE 

作者机构：Atmospheric Sciences ProgramSchool of Earth and Environmental SciencesKorea-USA Weather and Climate Research Center Seoul National University 

出 版 物：《Advances in Atmospheric Sciences》 (大气科学进展（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第33卷第6期

页      面：730-742页

核心收录：

学科分类：07[理学] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

基　　金：funded by the Korea Meteorological Administration Research and Development Program under grant KMIPA 2015–2083 

主　　题：tropical cyclone spectral nudging technique dynamic downscaling regional climate simulation 

摘      要：This study investigated the simulations of three months of seasonal tropical cyclone （TC） activity over the western North Pacific using the Advanced Research WRF Model. In the control experiment （CTL）, the TC frequency was considerably overestimated. Additionally, the tracks of some TCs tended to have larger radii of curvature and were shifted eastward. The large-scale environments of westerly monsoon flows and subtropical Pacific highs were unreasonably simulated. The overestimated frequency of TC formation was attributed to a strengthened westerly wind field in the southern quadrants of the TC center. In comparison with the experiment with the spectral nudging method, the strengthened wind speed was mainly modulated by large-scale flow that was greater than approximately 1000 km in the model domain. The spurious formation and undesirable tracks of TCs in the CTL were considerably improved by reproducing realistic large-scale atmospheric monsoon circulation with substantial adjustment between large-scale flow in the model domain and large-scale boundary forcing modified by the spectral nudging method. The realistic monsoon circulation took a vital role in simulating realistic TCs. It revealed that, in the downscaling from large-scale fields for regional climate simulations, scale interaction between model-generated regional features and forced large-scale fields should be considered, and spectral nudging is a desirable method in the downscaling method.