Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016

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International Session (Oral)

Symbol A (Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences) » A-AS Atmospheric Sciences, Meteorology & Atmospheric Environment

[A-AS02] High performance computing of next generation weather, climate, and environmental sciences using K

Mon. May 23, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 102 (1F)

Convener:*Masaki Satoh(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Masahide Kimoto(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo), Kazuo Saito(Forecast Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute), Hiromu Seko(Meteorological Research Institute), Takemasa Miyoshi(RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science), Tetsuro Tamura(Tokyo Institute of Technology), Hiroshi Niino(Dynamic Marine Meteorology Group, Department of Physical Oceanography, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute,The University of Tokyo), Masayuki Takigawa(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Hirofumi Tomita(AICS, RIKEN), Chihiro Kodama(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Chair:Masayuki Takigawa(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[AAS02-17] Month-long forecasts using a global non-hydrostatic model in boreal summer season

*Tomoe Nasuno1, Masuo Nakano1, Masahiro Sawada2 (1.Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2.Meteorological Research Institute)

Keywords:Global nonhydrostatic model, Tropical Cyclogenesis, Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation

Month-long forecasts using a global non-hydrostatic model (Nonhydrostatic Icosahedral Atmospheric Model, NICAM) have been routinely run (once a week) during boreal summer season in 2014 and 2015. The model was initialized using NCEP final analysis and free run was conducted with prescribed sea surface temperature. Horizontal mesh size of 14-km was globally used with explicit representation of moist convection. In both years, El Nino was developing and successive formation of tropical cyclones took place in the western North Pacific during the active periods of intraseasonal oscillation (ISO). The model generally captured the large-scale variability associated with the ISO, such as the eastward and northward extension of lower tropospheric equatorial westerlies and convective activity at the lead time of approximately two weeks. These results support the arguments of previous studies based on NICAM ensemble simulations using the K-computer. Some common biases were noted, such as northward displacement of monsoonal circulation and earlier growth of convectively coupled vorticity disturbances. By fixing these biases, extension of predictability is highly expected. The simulation results also suggest that better prediction of major convective systems, such as tropical cyclones, leads to better forecast skills in large-scale fields.