What have we learned from the What have we learned from the recent 2012-2013 HyMeX field campaigns?recent 2012-2013 HyMeX field campaigns?

What are the possible HyMeX contributions What are the possible HyMeX contributions to T-NAWDEX 2016? to T-NAWDEX 2016?

V. DucrocqV. Ducrocq(CNRM-GAME, Météo-France & CNRS)(CNRM-GAME, Météo-France & CNRS)

http://www.hymex.org , http://sop.hymex.org

SOP2: Intense air-sea exchanges (dense water formation, strong winds)

1 Feb- 15 March 2013

SOP1: Heavy precipitation and flash-flooding

5 Sept-6 Nov 2012

Regional climate

simulations

2012-2013 : 2 field campaigns in Northwestern Mediterranean

HyMeX Observation Strategy

SOP: Special observing periods of high-impact weather events in selected regions of the EOP target areas (aircraft, R/V, balloons,…): process studies

EOP: Enhanced existing observatories and operational

observing systems in the target areas of high-impact weather events: budgets and process

studies

LOP: Current operational observing system and observatories over the

whole Mediterranean basin: budgets

(data access)

other SOP ?

SOP1- An observation strategy adapted to high-impact weather events

Ducrocq et al (2013)

Events over all the Northwestern Mediterranean

Maximum of 24h rainfall totals registered at each station during SOP1

SOP1- An observation strategy adapted to high-impact weather events

Events spread all over Northwestern Mediterranean and over the 2 months field campaign => The field campaign should cover large domain and large time windows when high-impact (low

frequency) weather events are concerned

16 IOPs dedicated to Heavy Precipitation Events (HPE), with 20 days with at least one station recording more than 100 mm in the SOP1 domain

SOP1/IOP agenda (HPE in red)

The SOP1 domain

~200 instruments deployed during the SOP1 field campaign

HyMeX SOP2 domain

Aircraft 251 Flight hours during SOP1, 78 hours during SOP2: 87 hrs SAFIRE/ATR42 for monitoring the upstream flow during SOP1Payload: WV Leandre II Lidar, aerosols, turbulent air-sea fluxes

69 hrs SAFIRE/F20 within the precipitating systemsPayload: cloud radar, cold microphysics probes45 dropsondes launched over the Sea

95 hrs KIT/DO128 over and offshore Corsicaorographic, diurnal convection, air-sea fluxes

78 hrs SAFIRE/ATR42 for monitoring the marine boundary layer and sea state during strong regional wind events Payload: Wave Kuros radar, turbulent air-sea fluxes

F20-IOP13-Flight#20

Difficulties:- ATR42 should follow the airways within the French civil airspace, more possibilities in the military airspace but only for the French aircraft. The flight plans and take-off time must be decided before 11 LST, day D-1 (D-1 being Friday for flight scheduled Sunday and Monday)-A dedicated French military controller that negociated in real time with the French civil air trafic control for the F20 (upper airspace) : additional cost and mainly for French aircraft- Dropsonde launches were possible for F20 but only over the Sea.

Possible HyMeX contributions to T-NAWDEX 2016

- HyMeX could contribute on the « High-impact weather downstream » research lines as regard heavy precipitation events in Mediterranean

500 hPa ZUpper/mid-troposphere winds

Low-level marine winds

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40-y composite analysis (ERA-40) for HPE over Southern France

from Nuissier et al, 2011

A pattern resulting of Rossby wave breaking at

the end of the North Atlantic storm track

Convection developped within the WCB

September-October is the period favorable for HPE in

Mediterranean

Example of IOP13-14/15 Oct 2012

Monday 15 Oct at 00UTCMCS ahead of the front

Radar reflectivity 14 Oct at 16 UTC

WV Lidar (Leandre II) mixing ratio along the ATR42 flight ATR42 flight track, 14 Oct. 8:20-11:30 UTC

Possible HyMeX contributions to T-NAWDEX

• A future HyMeX SOP dedicated to Heavy Precipitation phased with T-NAWDEX 2016 ?

Candidates for a possible next SOP in the second phase of HyMeX (2016-2020): Adriatic, Northern Africa, Southeastern Mediterranean

but 2016 seems to be too early with respect to funding and exploitation of SOP1-2 measurements • But, HyMeX could contribute

by repeating the data collection effort at the SOP level for operationnal observations ?

by contributing to the T-NAWDEX field campaign operation coordination (forecasts for downstream impacts ?…)?

High-resolution raingauge networks

Hourly stationsAccumulated

rainfall 12-18 UTC, 28 Sept.

(IOP8)

A very high-density of observations over Italy, France and Spain !

The field campaign coordination during SOP1

The HyMeX Operation Center was located in La Grande Motte near Montpellier, close to the Freanch research aircraft base and the Candillargues supersite.

- Morning daily briefing 7/7, in visioconference with L’Aquila, Palma, San Guiliano, Mahon and Toulouse

- weather forecast performed by a Météo-France forecaster at HOC + complementary information supplied by AEMET and l’Aquilla secondary centers for Spain and Italy.

- several dedicated NWP systems for the SOP (AROME_WMED over the whole Western Mediterranean, WRF for the Italy,…) : 25 output models available on the SOP website