# Presentation: 826296

## Design of the 30-year NCEP CFSRR

**With Input from**
**Stephen Lord, Mark Iredell, Shrinivas Moorthi, **
**David Behringer, Ken Mitchell, Bob Kistler, **
**Jack Woollen, Huug van den Dool, Catherine Thiaw and others**

**Design of the 30-year NCEP CFS****RR**

** ****T382L64 Global ****R****eanalysis ****and ****T126L64 Seasonal ****R****eforecast Project****(1979-2008)**

**Updated : 15 Jan 2008**

## Two essential components:

**For a new Climate Forecast System (CFS) implementation**** **
**Two essential components:**
**A new Reanalysis of the atmosphere, ocean, seaice and land over the 31-year period (1979-2009) is required to provide consistent initial conditions for:**
**A complete Reforecast of the new CFS over the 28-year period (1982-2009), in order to provide stable calibration and skill estimates of the new system, for operational seasonal prediction at NCEP**

## For a new CFS implementation (contd)

**For a new CFS implementation (contd)**
**Analysis Systems :****	****Operational ****	****GDAS:****	****	****	****	****	****Atmospheric (GADAS)-GSI****	****	****	****	****	****Ocean-ice (GODAS) and****	****	****	****	****	****Land (GLDAS)**
**2****. ****Atmospheric Model :****	****Operational GFS**
**3. Ocean Model :****	****	****New MOM4 Ocean**
**4.****	****Land Model :****	****	****Operational Noah Land Model**
**5.****	****Sea Ice Model:****	****	****New Sea Ice Model**

## An upgrade to the coupled atmosphere-ocean-seaice-land 

**An upgrade to the coupled atmosphere-ocean-seaice-land **
**NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) is being planned for Jan 2010. **
**This upgrade involves changes to all components of the CFS, namely:**
**improvements to the data assimilation of the atmosphere with the new NCEP Gridded Statistical Interpolation Scheme (GSI) and major improvements to the physics and dynamics of operational NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS)**
**improvements to the data assimilation of the ocean and ice with the NCEP Global Ocean Data Assimilation System, (GODAS) and a new GFDL MOM4 Ocean Model**
**improvements to the data assimilation of the land with the NCEP Global Land Data Assimilation System, (GLDAS) and a new NCEP Noah Land**** ****model**

## For a new CFS implementation (contd)

**For a new CFS implementation (contd)**
**An atmosphere at high horizontal resolution (spectral T382, ~38 km) and high vertical resolution (64 sigma-pressure hybrid levels) **
**An interactive ocean with 40 levels in the vertical, to a depth of 4737 m, and high horizontal resolution of 0.25 degree at the tropics, tapering to a global resolution of 0.5 degree northwards and southwards of 10N and 10S respectively**
**An interactive sea-ice model**
**An interactive land model with 4 soil levels**

## There are three main differences with the earlier two NCEP Global Reanalysis efforts:

**There are three main differences with the earlier two NCEP Global Reanalysis efforts:**
**Much higher horizontal and vertical resolution (T382L64) of the atmosphere (earlier efforts were made with T62L28 resolution)**
** ****The guess forecast will be generated from a coupled  atmosphere – ocean – seaice - land system**
** ****Radiance measurements from the historical satellites will be assimilated in this Reanalysis**
**To conduct a Reanalysis with the atmosphere, ocean, seaice and land coupled to each other will be a novelty, and will hopefully address important issues, such as the correlations between sea surface temperatures and precipitation in the global tropics, etc****.**

## Hybrid vertical coordinate (sigma-pressure)

**Noah Land Model : 4 soil levels. Improved treatment of snow and frozen soil**
**Sea Ice Model : Fractional ice cover and depth allowed**
**Sub grid scale mountain blocking **
**Reduced vertical diffusion**
**RRTM long wave radiation**
**ESMF (3.0) **

**UPGRADES TO THE ATMOSHERIC MODEL**

## Enthalpy

**AER RRTM Shortwave Radiation**
**New Aerosol Treatment**
**Inclusion of historical CO2, solar cycle and volcanic aerosols**

**UPGRADES TO THE ATMOSHERIC MODEL**

## 4 Simultaneous Streams 

Jan 1979 – Oct 1989		11 years
Apr 1989	– Oct 1998		10 years
Apr 1998 – Oct 2004		7 years
Apr 2004 – Dec 2009		6 years

6 month overlap for ocean and land spin ups
Total of 33 years of Reanalysis
Reforecasts to cover 28 years (Jan 1982 – Dec 2009)

**4 Simultaneous Streams**
**Jan 1979 – Oct 1989****	****	****11 years**
**Apr 1989****	****– Oct 1998****	****	****10**** ****years**
**Apr 1998 – Oct 2004****	****	****7 years**
**Apr 2004 – Dec 2009****	****	****6 years**
**6 month overlap for ocean and land spin ups**
**Total of 33 years of Reanalysis**
**Reforecasts to cover 28 years (Jan 1982 – Dec 2009)**

## 2-day T382L64 coupled forecast ( GFS + MOM4 + Noah )

**12Z GSI**

**18Z GSI**

**0Z GSI**

**9-hr coupled T382L64 forecast guess** **(****GFS ****+ ****MOM4 ****+ ****Noah****)**

**12Z GODAS**

-  **0Z GLDAS**

**2-day T382L64 coupled forecast ( ****GFS ****+ ****MOM4 ****+ ****Noah ****)**

**6Z GSI**

**ONE DAY OF REANALYSIS**

**18Z GODAS**

**0Z GODAS**

**6Z GODAS**

**1 Jan 0Z**

**2 Jan 0 Z**

**3 Jan 0Z**

**4 Jan 0Z**

**5 Jan 0Z**

##  Atmospheric T382L64 (GSI) Analysis at 0,6,12 and 18Z, using radiance data from satellites, as well as all conventional data

-  **Atmospheric T382L64 (GSI) Analysis at 0,6,12 and 18Z, using radiance data from satellites, as well as all conventional data**
** ****Ocean and Sea Ice Analysis (GODAS) at 0,6,12 and 18Z**
-  **From each of the 4 cycles, a 9-hour coupled guess forecast (GFS at T382L64) is made with hourly coupling to the ocean (MOM4 at 1/4****o**** equatorial, 1/2****o ****global)**
-   **Land (GLDAS) Analysis using observed precipitation with Noah Land Model at 0Z**
-   **Coupled 2-day forecast from initial conditions from every 0Z cycle, will be made with the T382L64 GFS with hourly coupling to the ocean (MOM4 at 1/4****o**** equatorial, 1/2****o ****global) for sanity check.**

**ONE DAY OF REANALYSIS**

## 1 year T126L64 coupled forecast ( GFS + MOM4 + Noah )

**1 year T126L64 coupled forecast ( GFS + MOM4 + Noah )**

**CFS REFORECASTS**

**1 Jan 0Z**

**2 Jan 6Z**

**3 Jan 12Z**

**4 Jan 18Z**

**6 Jan 0Z**

**Coupled one-year forecast from initial conditions ****30 hours apart**** will be made for 2 initial months (April and October) with the T126L64 GFS with hourly coupling to the ocean (MOM4 at 1/4****o**** equatorial, 1/2****o ****global). Total number of forecasts = 28 x 2 x 30 = 1680 **
**For each ****cycle****, there will be approximately 7 members per month, with a total of 210 members over a 30-year period. This ensures stable calibration for forecasts originating from each cycle, for a given initial month**

## SOME NOTES 

**PROPOSED TIME LINE FOR COMPLETION OF CFSRR**

**January to December 2008**: Begin Production and Evaluation of the CFS Reanalysis for the full period from 1979 to 2008 (30 years)
**January to December 2008**: Begin running CFS Retrospective 	Forecasts for 2 initial months: October and April, and evaluate the 	monthly forecasts as well as the seasonal winter (Lead-1 DJF) and 	summer (Lead-1 JJA) forecasts.
**January to October 2009**: Continue running the CFS Reforecasts (for 	the rest of the 10 calendar months)
**November 2009**: Begin computing calibration statistics for CFS daily, 	monthly and seasonal forecasts.
**January 2010: Operational implementation of the next CFS monthly and seasonal forecast suite.**

## HUMAN REQUIREMENTS

**HUMAN REQUIREMENTS**

-    **Project Managers**
**Suru Saha and Hua-Lu Pan**

**REANALYSIS**

**6 people (TBD) managing **
**4 streams and rotating **
**through**

**3 people (TBD) managing **
**4 streams and rotating **
**through**

**REFORECASTS**

**Internal Advisory Panels**
**SCIENTIFIC : ****	****Huug van den Dool, Mark Iredell, Shrinivas Moorthi, Glenn White, **
**	****	****Ken Mitchell, Dave Behringer, Stephen Lord and others**
**TECHNICAL :****	****Bob Kistler, Jack Woollen, Catherine Thiaw, Diane Stokes and others**
**DATA and DIAGNOSTICS:****	****Wesley Ebisusaki, Wanqiu Wang, Jae Schemm and others**

## CFSRR Advisory Board Members

***Chair: Jeff Anderson (NCAR) ***
***Saki Uppala (ECMWF)***
*** ******Gabriel Lau (GFDL/NOAA)***
***Eric Wood (U Princeton)***
*** ******Gil Compo(CDC/NOAA)***
*** ******Mark Serreze (U Colorado)***
***Rick Rosen (CPO/NOAA)***
***Huug van den Dool (CPC/NCEP)***
***Jim Carton (U Maryland)***
***Lars Peter Riishojgaard  (JCSDA/NCEP)***

## T382L64 CFS REANALYSIS AND T126L64 REFORECASTS

|  | IBM Power 5 |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specs for 4 days of T382L64 Reanalysis, including a
2-day T382L64 forecast every cycle
 (4 simultaneous streams) | 88 nodes, 160 minutes
Will take 1 calendar year
(on HAZE upgrade) |  |
| Specs for 8 one-year coupled reforecasts (T126L64) 
(2 per stream) | 16 nodes, 24 hours
Will take 8 calendar months to complete 
2 initial months 
(on ZEPHYR) |  |
| Total Disk Space  | 100 TB |  |
| Total Mass Store (HPSS) Space | 1.5 PB |  |

**T382L64 CFS REANALYSIS AND T126L64 REFORECASTS**

## Collaborators

**NOAA/CPC is actively involved in the ****monitoring**** of the Reanalysis**
**NOAA/NCDC is actively involved in the ****archival**** of the Reanalysis**
**NCAR has shown interest in providing additional data for university researchers**

## SOME NOTES - 1

**DATA ARCHIVAL **
**Using 0.75 TB tapes, it would require nearly 4000 tapes to make the master copy **
**EMC does not have the resources to do any data distribution. However, they will provide CPC with whatever data they need for their operational CFS predictions.**
**NCDC/NOAA will be responsible for the archival and distribution of both the CFS Reanalysis and Reforecasts, through their NOMADS system. They will work with EMC to make the CFS Reanalysis data available to the community in mid 2009, and the Reforecast data in mid 2010.**

## SOME NOTES - 2

**REANALYSIS WITH CONVENTIONAL DATA **
**CPC may be interested in using the same CFS Reanalysis system to make a historical Reanalysis using only conventional data (no satellite data) back to 1948, and continue into the future with the same system. **
**This Reanalysis may be more homogeneous over a longer period (60+ years) and be more suitable for CPC’s monitoring of the atmosphere, land and ocean. **
**EMC will help in this endeavor.**

## Slide 20

| Draft Plan for CFS Reanalysis Data Archival and Distribution by NCDC |
| --- |
| CFSR High Resolution Initial Conditions (6-hourly) 
T382L64 Atmosphere + 0.5 degree Ocean |
| CFSR Low Resolution Initial Conditions (6-hourly) 
T126L64 Atmosphere + 1 degree Ocean |
| Full Data Ingest (6-hourly) All input data for the CFSRR  |
| Pgbh 0.5 x 05 (Hourly) 37 standard pressure level atmosphere products |
| Flxf T382 Gaussian (Hourly) surface and radiative fluxes on model grid |
| Ocnh 0.5 x 0.5 (Hourly) 40 standard depth level ocean products |
| Diabf 1.0 x 1.0 (Hourly) 37 standard pressure level diabatic heating rates |
| Ipvh 0.5 x 0.5 (Hourly) 16 standard isentropic level atmosphere products |

## * 1.0 x 1.0 for first 6 months of forecast ;   2.5 x 2.5 for next 6 months of forecast

| Draft Plan for CFS Reforecast Data Archival and Distribution by NCDC |
| --- |
| 6-hourly Pgb and Flx * 37 standard pressure level atmosphere products |
| 6-hourly Ocn * 40 standard depth level ocean products |
| 6-hourly Ipv * 16 standard isentropic level atmosphere products |

***** **1.0 x 1.0 for first 6 months of forecast ;   2.5 x 2.5 for next 6 months of forecast**

## 37 Pressure (hPa) Levels (atmosphere)

**1000 975 950 925 900 875 850 825 800 775 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 225 200 175 150 125 100 70 50 30 20 10 7 5 3 2 1**
**40 Levels (depth in meters) (ocean)**
**4478 3972 3483 3016 2579 2174 1807 1479 1193 949 747 584 459 366 303 262 238 225 215 205 195 185 175 165 155 145 135 125 115105 95 85 75 65 55 45 35 25 15 5**
**16 Isentropic Levels (K)**
**270 280 290 300 310 320 330 350 400 450 550 650 850 1000 1250 1500**

## 	Email : cfs@noaa.gov

- 	Email : _[cfs@noaa.gov](mailto:cfs@noaa.gov)_
- 	Website : _[http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov](http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/)_