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Retrieval of flow structures in a convective boundary layer using an adjoint model: Identical twin experiments

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The applicability of a four-dimensional variational data assimilation (4DVAR) technique to retrieval of microscale turbulent structures in a convective boundary layer is assessed. Two new features are implemented into the existing 4DVAR model: a height-dependent eddy viscosity and a surface flux model. The identical twin experiments approach is adopted to utilize the model itself to generate 13 instantaneous three-dimensional radial velocity datasets uniformly spanning 5 min. An ideal experiment, using these datasets as the observations, is first tested. After 400 iterations, the resulting correlation coefficients between retrieved and exact data are 0.99 for velocity and 0.97 for temperature fields. To emulate the lidar scanning feature, the 13 three-dimensional datasets are used to construct two volume scan datasets with each horizontal data slice taken from different instantaneous datasets. Using these data as the input, the correlation coefficients for horizontal, spanwise, and vertical velocity fluctuations and temperature can still reach 0.97, 0.97, 0.94, and 0.72 after 400 iterations. Addition of a surface flux model improves retrieval quality. Allowing height-dependent eddy viscosity and diffusivity does not improve retrieval quality, whereas doubling the value of eddy diffusivity improves retrieval quality. Implementation of temporal and spatial smoothness penalty functions significantly improves retrieval quality in the presence of various sources of error.

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Copyright 2001 American Meteorological Society (AMS). Permission to use figures, tables, and brief excerpts from this work in scientific and educational works is hereby granted provided that the source is acknowledged. Any use of material in this work that is determined to be "fair use" under Section 107 or that satisfies the conditions specified in Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law (17 USC, as revised by P.L. 94-553) does not require the Society's permission. Republication, systematic reproduction, posting in electronic form on servers, or other uses of this material, except as exempted by the above statements, requires written permission or license from the AMS. Additional details are provided in the AMS Copyright Policies, available from the AMS at 617-227-2425 or amspubs@ametsoc.org. Permission to place a copy of this work on this server has been provided by the AMS. The AMS does not guarantee that the copy provided here is an accurate copy of the published work.

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