Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology • Vol 35 • No 10
Community Global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) Package (CGOP): Assessment and Validation of the OSSE System Using an OSSE–OSE Intercomparison of Summary Assessment Metrics
August 2018 • Sid‐Ahmed Boukabara, Kayo Ide, Yan Zhou, Narges Shahroudi, Ross N. Hoffman, Kevin Garrett, V. Krishna Kumar, Tong Zhu, Robert Atlas
Abstract Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) are used to simulate and assess the impacts of new observing systems planned for the future or the impacts of adopting new techniques for exploiting data or for forecasting. This study focuses on the impacts of satellite data on global numerical weather prediction (NWP) systems. Since OSSEs are based on simulations of nature and observations, reliable results require that the OSSE system be validated. This validation involves cycles of assessment and calibra…