Abstract
Skillful low visibility forecasts are essential for air-traffic managers to effectively regulate traffic and to optimize air-traffic control at international airports. For this purpose, the COBEL-ISBA local numerical forecast system has been implemented at Paris CDG international airport. This local approach is robust owing to the assimilation of detailed local observations. However, even with dedicated observations and initialization, uncertainties remain in both initial conditions and mesoscale forcings. The goal of the research presented here is to address the sensitivity of COBEL-ISBA forecast to initial conditions and mesoscale forcings during the winter season 2002–2003. The main sources of uncertainty on the forecasts has been studied. A budget strategy is applied during the winter season to quantily COBEL-ISBA sensitivity. This study is the first step toward building a local ensemble prediction system based on COBEL-ISBA. The conclusions of this work point out the potential for COBEL-ISBA ensemble forecasting and quantify sources of uncertainty that lead to dispersion.
Key words
- Local numerical forecast system
- fog and low clouds
- seasonal sensitivity
- initial conditions and mesoscale forcings uncertainties
- forecast dispersion
- local ensemble prediction system
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Roquelaure, S., Bergot, T. (2007). Seasonal Sensitivity on COBEL-ISBA Local Forecast System for Fog and Low Clouds. In: Gultepe, I. (eds) Fog and Boundary Layer Clouds: Fog Visibility and Forecasting. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8419-7_11
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