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IMPROVING FORECASTS OF RUNOFF
Martyn P. ClarkCenter for Science and Technology Policy Research
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental SciencesUniversity of Colorado, Boulder
Lauren E. HayWater Resources Division
United States Geological Survey, Denver
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Estimate basin initial conditionsEstimate basin initial conditions
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Estimate basin initial conditionsEstimate basin initial conditions
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Estimate basin initial conditionsEstimate basin initial conditions
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
Perform side-by-side comparisons with operational NWS forecasts, and, where appropriate, infuse our procedures in regular NWS operations
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MRF FORECAST ARCHIVEThe NCEP/NCAR reanalysis –a 40+ year record of global atmospheric fields and surface fluxes derived from a numerical weather prediction and data assimilation system kept unchanged over the analysis period
Every five days, a single realization of an 8-day forecast was runfor the period 1958-1998, this provides over 2500 8-day forecasts that can be compared with observations
Model output is archived on a regular lat/lon grid with approx 1.875o
horizontal resolution.
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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THE NEED FOR A FIXED NWP MODEL
Model July precipitation biases (% mean) in the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis
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THE NEED FOR A FIXED NWP MODEL
Precipitation biases are in excessof 100% of the mean
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TEMPERATURE BIASES
Model January temperature biases (oC) in the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis
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TEMPERATURE BIASES
Temperature biases are in excessof 3oC
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Clear need for additional post-processing of NCEP output
before it can be used inhydrologic applications
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THE CDC-SCRIPPSRE-FORECAST EXPERIMENT
Uses a fixed version (circa 1998) of the NCEP operational MRF.Ultimate goal – to generate an ensemble of eleven 21-day forecasts for the past 23 years (1978-2001), initialized with boundary conditions from the reanalysis projectControl run already completed.
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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DOWNSCALING OF THENCEP MRF OUTPUT
Use Multiple linear Regression with forward selectionPredictor Variables (over 300):
– Geo-potential height, wind, and humidity at five pressure levels
– Various surface flux variables– Computed variables such as vorticity
advection, stabilitiy indices, etc.– Variables lagged to account for temporal
phase errors in atmospheric forecasts.Predictands are maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation occurrence, and precipitation amounts
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DOWNSCALING OF THENCEP MRF OUTPUT
Use Multiple linear Regression with forward selectionPredictor Variables (over 300):
– Geo-potential height, wind, and humidity at five pressure levels
– Various surface flux variables– Computed variables such as vorticity
advection, stabilitiy indices, etc.– Variables lagged to account for temporal
phase errors in atmospheric forecasts.Predictands are maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation occurrence, and precipitation amountsUse cross-validation procedures for variable selection – typically less than 8 variables are selected for a given equationStochastic modeling of the residuals in the regression equation to provide ensemble time series
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DOWNSCALING OF THENCEP MRF OUTPUT
Use Multiple linear Regression with forward selectionPredictor Variables (over 300):
– Geo-potential height, wind, and humidity at five pressure levels
– Various surface flux variables– Computed variables such as vorticity
advection, stabilitiy indices, etc.– Variables lagged to account for temporal
phase errors in atmospheric forecasts.Predictands are maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation occurrence, and precipitation amountsUse cross-validation procedures for variable selection – typically less than 8 variables are selected for a given equationStochastic modeling of the residuals in the regression equation to provide ensemble time series
•A separate equation is developed for each station, each forecast day, andeach month.
• Equations developed over the period 1958-1976, and validated for the period 1977-1998.
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Squ
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January Maximum Temperature
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Squ
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July Maximum Temperature
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SKILL OF MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE PREDICTIONS
Median explained variance of maximum temperature predictions, computed for the 11,000 NWS co-op stations.
Red is raw NCEP predictions, blue is based on MOS guidance.
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SKILL OF MINIMUM TEMPERATURE PREDICTIONS
Median explained variance of minimum temperature predictions, computed for the 11,000 NWS co-op stations.
Red is raw NCEP predictions, blue is based on MOS guidance.
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SKILL OF PRECIP OCCURRENCE PREDICTIONS
Median explained variance of precipitation occurrence predictions, computed for the 11,000 NWS co-op stations.
Red is raw NCEP predictions, blue is based on MOS guidance.
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SKILL OF PRECIPITATION PREDICTIONS
Median explained variance of precipitation predictions, computed for the 11,000 NWS co-op stations.
Red is raw NCEP predictions, blue is based on MOS guidance.
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Estimate basin initial conditionsEstimate basin initial conditions
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
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INITIAL STUDY AREAEast River Basin
Gunnison
ForestedUnforested
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AVERAGE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SNOW COVER AND BIAS
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COMPARISON OF SATELLITE- AND MODEL-
DERIVED SNOW COVER MAPS
NOHRSC satellite-derived and model snow maps for 2 June 1997, and the results of a comparison of these maps.
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INTRASEASONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Develop downscaling relationships, and apply to the operational forecast model
Estimate basin initial conditionsEstimate basin initial conditions
Generate an archive of atmospheric forecastsGenerate an archive of atmospheric forecasts
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
Run hydrologic models in ensemble mode to provide probablisticforecasts of streamflow and estimates of forecast uncertainty
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MULTI-MODEL SUPER-ENSEMBLES IN HYDROLOGY
Two Hypotheses:
The mean of runoff simulations from multiple models will be superior to the runoff simulation from any given model
The spread of the hydrologic model ensemble is related to the error in the hydrologic simulation
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SUMMARY AND OUTLOOKThe large biases in output from medium range forecast models creates a need for post-processing of model output in order for it to be effectively used in hydrologic simulations.Our downscaling system is successful in both removing mean model biases, and improving the skill in the raw NCEP output.When the downscaled NCEP output is used as input to hydrologic models, forecasts of runoff have greater skill than the forecasts generated with the traditional ESP approach.