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ALERA2 Publications

System description and improvements

  • Enomoto, T., T. Miyoshi, Q. Moteki, J. Inoue, M. Hattori, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, N. Komori, S. Yamane, 2013: Observing-system research and ensemble data assimilation at JAMSTEC. In Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrologic Applications (Vol. II) , S. K. Park and L. Xu (eds.), chapter 21, pp. 509–526, Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-35088-7_21 .
  • Komori, N., T. Enomoto, T. Miyoshi, A. Yamazaki, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, and B. Taguchi, 2018: Ensemble-based atmospheric reanalysis using a global coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 146 (10), 3311–3323, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0361.1 .
  • Miyoshi, T., and S. Yamane, 2007: Local ensemble transform Kalman filtering with an AGCM at a T159/L48 resolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3841–3861, doi:10.1175/2007MWR1873.1.
  • Miyoshi, T., S. Yamane, and T. Enomoto, 2007: The AFES-LETKF experimental ensemble reanalysis: ALERA. SOLA, 3, 45–48, doi:10.2151/sola.2007-012.
  • Miyoshi, T., S. Yamane, and T. Enomoto, 2007: Localizing the error covariance by physical distances within a local ensemble transform Kalman filter. SOLA, 3, 89–92, doi:10.2151/sola.2007-023.
  • Yamazaki, A., T. Enomoto, T. Miyoshi, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, and N. Komori, 2017: Using observations near the poles in the AFES–LETKF data assimilation system. SOLA, 13, 41–46, doi:10.2151/sola.2017-008.
  • Yamazaki, A., T. Miyoshi, J. Inoue, T. Enomoto, and N. Komori, 2021: EFSO at different geographical locations verified with observing system experiments. Wea. Forecasting, 36 (4), 1219–1236, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0152.1.

Papers using ALERA2

  • Hattori, M., J. Matsumoto, S.-Y. Ogino, T. Enomoto, and T. Miyoshi, 2016: The impact of additional radiosonde observations on the analysis of disturbances in the South China Sea during VPREX2010. SOLA, 12, 75–79, doi:10.2151/sola.2016-018.
  • Hattori, M., A. Yamazaki, S.-Y. Ogino, P. Wu, and J. Matsumoto, 2017: Impact of the radiosonde observations of cold surge over the Philippine Sea on the tropical region and the Southern Hemisphere in December 2012. SOLA, 13, 19–24, doi:10.2151/sola.2017-004.
  • Hattori, M, H. Bellenger, J.-P. Duvel, and T. Enomoto, 2024: Potential impact of Aeroclipper observations targeting tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 25, e1234, doi:10.1002/asl.1234.
  • Inoue, J., T. Enomoto, and M. E. Hori, 2013: The impact of radiosonde data over the ice-free Arctic Ocean on the atmospheric circulation in the Northern Hemisphere. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (5), 864–869, doi:10.1002/grl.50207.
  • Inoue, J., A. Yamazaki, J. Ono, K. Dethloff, M. Maturilli, R. Neuber, P. Edwards, and H. Yamaguchi, 2015: Additional Arctic observations improve weather and sea-ice forecasts for the Northern Sea Route. Sci. Rep., 5, 16868, doi:10.1038/srep16868.
  • Kawai, Y., Q. Moteki, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, T. Enomoto, A. Manda, and H. Nakamura, 2017: Impact propagation of radiosonde data assimilation over the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension: Case study on the early summer (Baiu) in 2012. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 95 (2), 71–90, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2017-004.
  • Komori, N., T. Enomoto, T. Miyoshi, A. Yamazaki, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, and B. Taguchi, 2018: Ensemble-based atmospheric reanalysis using a global coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146 (10), 3311–3323, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0361.1.
  • Lee, M.-H., J.-H. Kim, H.-J. Song, K. Sato, J. Inoue, and A. Yamazaki, 2019: Potential benefit of extra radiosonde observations around the Chukchi Sea for the Alaskan short-range weather forecast. Polar Science, 21, 124–135, doi:10.1016/j.polar.2018.12.005.
  • Ono, J., J. Inoue, A. Yamazaki, K. Dethloff, and H. Yamaguchi, 2016: The impact of radiosonde data on forecasting sea-ice distribution along the Northern Sea Route during an extremely developed cyclone. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 8 (1), 292–303, doi:10.1002/2015MS000552.
  • Sato, K., J. Inoue, A. Yamazaki, J.-H. Kim, M. Maturilli, K. Dethloff, S. R. Hudson, and M. A. Granskog, 2017: Improved forecasts of winter weather extremes over midlatitudes with extra Arctic observations. J. Geophys. Res.: Oceans, 122 (2), 775–787, doi:10.1002/2016JC012197.
  • Sato, K., J. Inoue, S. P. Alexander, G. McFarquhar, and A. Yamazaki, 2018: Improved reanalysis and prediction of atmospheric fields over the Southern Ocean using campaign-based radiosonde observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 11406–11413, doi:10.1029/2018GL079037.
  • Sato, K., J. Inoue, A. Yamazaki, J.-H. Kim, A. Makshtas, V. Kustov, M. Maturilli, and K. Dethloff, 2018: Impact on predictability of tropical and mid-latitude cyclones by extra Arctic observations. Sci. Rep., 8, 12104, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-30594-4.
  • Sato, K., J. Inoue, A. Yamazaki, N. Hirasawa, K. Sugiura, and K. Yamada, 2020: Antarctic radiosonde observations reduce uncertainties and errors in reanalyses and forecasts over the Southern Ocean: An extreme cyclone case. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 37, 431–440, doi:10.1007/s00376-019-8231-x.
  • Sato, K., J. Inoue, and A. Yamazaki, 2020: Performance of forecasts of hurricanes with and without upper-level troughs over the mid-latitudes. Atmosphere, 11, 702, doi:10.3390/atmos11070702.
  • Yamazaki, A., J. Inoue, K. Dethloff, M. Maturilli, and G. König-Langlo, 2015: Impact of radiosonde observations on forecasting summertime Arctic cyclone formation. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 120 (8), 3249–3273, doi:10.1002/2014JD022925.
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