Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 1/8 Sea ice at NCEP/EMC YOPP report out, with special thanks to Bob Grumbine Hendrik L. Tolman Director, Environmental Modeling Center NOAA / NWS / NCEP
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 2/8 Overview Products versus modeling OPC need for real-time Arctic Services. CPC outlook for ice. Modeling and analysis. Ice concentration analysis Since 1997, 1/12° resolution. Used as model input. Ice drift model Since 1978, 16 day forecast Used by FWO Anchorage.
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 3/8 Ice modeling Present ice in models at NCEP: NAM: ice/no ice field (constant in forecast), moving to ice concentration. GFS: ice thickness evolves, concentration fixed, no velocity. CFS-v2: ice thickness, concentration and velocity evolve. Post-processing by CPC for seasonal products. WAVEWATCH III: constant ice concentration as model input. Model allows for evolving ice input. RTOFS/HYCOM: Global: energy loan sea ice model. Arctic Cap Nowcast Forecast System (ACNFS, NAVO/NRL, data available at NCEP) Los Alamos CICE model two-way coupled to HYCOM.
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 4/8 RTOFS-Global RTOFS-Global Arctic cap model with CICE code will be integrated with RTOFS-Global, when this model is updated to Navy GLOFS 3.1 Better ice model, buy Still very limited skill in short term forecast. In-house development of KISS model (Keep Ice’S Simplicity)
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 5/8 Ice modeling In the pipeline: KISS. V0: (2012) concentration and thickness fixed (e.g., GFS). V1: (2013) velocity from drift model, thickness and concentration evolve with thermodynamics only. V2: (2014+) ice advection, thickness classes. Justification for developing KISS: Predictability strongly linked to thermodynamics, secondary to ice drift. Sea ice drift model (virtual) ice edge at 72h forecast is as accurate as ACFNM full ice model at 24h forecast.
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 6/8 Ice model development Key elements for ice modeling / predictability: Coupled problem ocean-ice-atmosphere. See Canadian experience for Gulf of St. Lawrence. Need to control flux biases in coupled system. 10 W/m2 bias grows/thaws 1m ice per year! Ensemble should improve predictability, as random flux errors are averaged out. Metrics need to be developed to make validation relevant to real-world users. Tentative STI-R2O funding for two year project. EMC to build model with above features (regional global). Partnering with GFDL (ice models, validation).
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 7/8 Prototype model plan MonthsActivities 1-2 Set up NMMB, HYCOM, static ice “solo” in NEMS. archive based flux biases Ice in ESMF Build and validate deterministic coupled system with flux bias correction for 5-7 day forecast Validation metrics 7-8 KISS v Setup ensemble system Test, validate and calibrate ensemble system Coupled demonstration system, ( day 10+ ?)
Tolman March 17, 2015YOPP webinar, 8/8