Development of a satellite OSSE system for atmospheric constituent observations

• Project/Area Number: 24656075
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Engineering fundamentals
• Research Institution: Japan, Meteorological Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: SEKIYAMA Tsuyoshi 気象庁気象研究所, 環境・応用気象研究部, 主任研究官 (90354498)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Yasumichi 気象庁気象研究所, 環境・応用気象研究部, 併任職員 (50435591)
• Research Collaborator: OGI Akinori 気象庁, 地球環境・海洋部, 係員 ; YUMIMOTO Keiya 気象庁気象研究所, 環境・応用気象研究部, 主任研究官
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 事前評価システム / エアロゾル / 衛星観測 / データ同化 / 観測システムシミュレーション実験 / OSSE / ライダー / モデルシミュレーション / 事前評価 / 大気科学 / ライダー観測 / 数理工学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A satellite-bourne aerosol observation system was assessed by observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs), in which the liar instrument of CALIPSO/NASA satellite was emulated by a global aerosol simulation model. Its performance over a three-month period was validated using aerosol optical thickness (AOT) distributions in East Asia. The analysis derived from the emulated CALIPSO data demonstrated the ability to produce better analyses of sulfate and dust aerosols in comparison to the analysis without CALIPSO data. This result presents great possibilities for the beneficial use of the satellite liar data. The OSSE results strongly suggest that the use of real CALIPSO data will have a beneficial effect on obtaining more accurate sulfate and dust aerosol analyses. The use of the same OSSE technique will allow us to perform a prior assessment of the next-generation lidar satellite EarthCARE, which will be launched in 2016.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Development towards a global operational aerosol consensus: basic climatological characteristics of the International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction Multi-Model Ensemble (ICAP-MME) (2015)
  • Author(s): Sessions, W.R., J.S. Reid, A. Benedetti, P.R. Colarco, A. da Silva, S. Lu, T. Sekiyama, T.Y. Tanaka, J.M. Baldasano, S. Basart, M.E. Brooks, T.F. Eck, M. Iredell, J.A. Hansen, O.C. Jorba, H.-M.H. Juang, P. Lynch, J.-J. Morcrette, S. Moorthi, J. Mulcahy, Y. Pradhan, M. Razinger, C.B. Sampson, J. Wang, D.L. Westphal
  • Journal Title: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Volume: 15 Issue: 1 Pages: 335-362
  • DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-335-2015
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Using EOS Data to Improve Aerosol Forecasting: The International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) (2014)
  • Author(s): Colarco, P., A. Benedetti, J. Reid and T. Tanaka
  • Journal Title: The Earth Observer Volume: 26(5) Pages: 14-19
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] A simulation study of the ensemble-based data assimilation of satellite-borne lidar aerosol observations (2012)
  • Author(s): Sekiyama, T. T., T. Y. Tanaka, and T. Miyoshi
  • Journal Title: Geoscientific Model Development Discussion Volume: 5 Pages: 1877-1947
  • DOI: 10.5194/gmdd-5-1877-2012
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Updates of the aerosol prediction in Japan Meteorological Agency (2014)
  • Author(s): Tanaka, T.Y.
  • Organizer: International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) 6th working group meeting
  • Place of Presentation: ボウルダー（米国コロラド州）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-21
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Experiences from data assimilation experiments with CTM (2014)
  • Author(s): Yumimoto, K.
  • Organizer: Joint seminar for Asian dust and aerosol modeling
  • Place of Presentation: ソウル（大韓民国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-21
• [Presentation] Numerical Simulation of Climatic Response to Supervolcano Eruption using MRI-CGCM3 (2014)
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 94th AMS Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Georgia World Congress Center（米国・アトランタ）
• [Presentation] 超巨大火山噴火による気候変化の数値実験 -気象研究所気候モデルによるトバ火山噴火シミュレーション- (2013)
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 日本気象学会2013年度春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター（東京都）
• [Presentation] 汚染混合型黄砂の数値モデル研究: 2013年1月の大気汚染事例 (2013)
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 日本気象学会2013年度春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター（東京都）
• [Presentation] 気候モデルによる光吸収性エアロゾルの影響評価：大気の加熱と積雪汚染 (2013)
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 第30回エアロゾル科学・技術研究討論会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学吉田キャンパス（京都府）
• [Presentation] 大気汚染と火山噴火: 2013年7月の桜島噴火は本州の大気汚染に影響したか? (2013)
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 日本気象学会2013年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台国際センター（宮城県）
• [Presentation] 気象庁エーロゾル数値モデルによる全球ダスト分布の再現
  • Author(s): 関山剛
  • Organizer: 鳥取大学乾燥地研究センター2013年度共同研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取大学乾燥地研究センター（鳥取県）
• [Presentation] アンサンブル・カルマン・フィルタによるCALIPSOエアロゾル観測のデータ同化
  • Author(s): 関山剛
  • Organizer: 日本気象学会2012年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学（北海道）
• [Presentation] A simulation study of the ensemble-based data assimilation of satellite-borne lidar aerosol observations
  • Author(s): Sekiyama, T. T.
  • Organizer: 93th AMS Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Austin Convention Center（米国・オースティン）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Data Assimilation of Lidar Aerosol Observations
  • Author(s): Sekiyama, T. T.
  • Organizer: AICS International Workshop on Data Assimilation
  • Place of Presentation: 理化学研究所計算科学研究機構（兵庫県）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Inverse estimation of the emission of radioactive materials from Fukushima
  • Author(s): Tanaka, T. Y.
  • Organizer: International Cooperative for Aerosol Prediction (ICAP) 4th Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: ESA/ESRIN（イタリア・フラスカティ）
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 気象庁黄砂予報モデルMASINGAR
  • Author(s): 田中泰宙
  • Organizer: 鳥取大学乾燥地研究センター平成24年度第9回黄砂セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取大学乾燥地研究センター（鳥取県）
  • Invited
• [Book] Mineral Dust: A Key Player in the Earth System (2014)
  • Author(s): A. Benedetti, J.M. Baldasano, S. Basart, F. Benincasa, O. Boucher, M.E. Brooks, J.-P. Chen, P.R. Colarco, S. Gong, N. Huneeus, L. Jones, S. Lu, L. Menut, J.-J. Morcrette, J. Mulcahy, S. Nickovic, C.P. García-Pando, J.S. Reid, T.T. Sekiyama, T.Y. Tanaka, E. Terradellas, D.L. Westphal, X.-Y. Zhang, C.-H. Zhou
  • Total Pages: 509
  • Publisher: Springer