Evaluation of Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis (INCA) precipitation analysis using a dense rain-gauge network in southeastern Austria

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作者
Ghaemi, Esmail [1 ,2 ]
Foelsche, Ulrich [1 ,2 ]
Kann, Alexander [3 ]
Fuchsberger, Juergen [2 ]
机构
[1] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Inst Phys IGAM IP, NAWI Graz, Inst Geophys Astrophys & Meteorol, Graz, Austria
[2] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Wegener Ctr Climate & Global Change WEGC, Graz, Austria
[3] Cent Inst Meteorol & Geodynam ZAMG, Dept Forecasting Models, Vienna, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
WEGENERNET; CLIMATE; WEATHER; INDEXES; VALIDATION; ENSEMBLE; EXTREMES; EVENTS; TRENDS; RADAR;
D O I
10.5194/hess-25-4335-2021
中图分类号
P [天文学、地球科学];
学科分类号
07 ;
摘要
An accurate estimate of precipitation is essential to improve the reliability of hydrological models and helps in decision making in agriculture and economy. Merged radar-rain-gauge products provide precipitation estimates at high spatial and temporal resolution. In this study, we assess the ability of the INCA (Integrated Nowcasting through Comprehensive Analysis) precipitation analysis product provided by ZAMG (the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics) in detecting and estimating precipitation for 12 years in southeastern Austria. The blended radarrain-gauge INCA precipitation analyses are evaluated using WegenerNet - a very dense rain-gauge network with about one station per 2 km(2) - as "true precipitation". We analyze annual, seasonal, and extreme precipitation of the 1 km x 1 km INCA product and its development from 2007 to 2018. From 2007 to 2011, the annual area-mean precipitation in INCA was slightly higher than WegenerNet, except in 2009. However, INCA underestimates precipitation in grid cells farther away from the two ZAMG meteorological stations in the study area (which are used as input for INCA), especially from May to September ("wet season"). From 2012 to 2014, INCA's over-estimation of the annual-mean precipitation amount is even higher, with an average of 25 %, but INCA performs better close to the two ZAMG stations. Since new radars were installed during this period, we conclude that this increase in the overestimation is due to new radars' systematic errors. From 2015 onwards, the overestimation is still dominant in most cells but less pronounced than during the second period, with an average of 12.5 %. Regarding precipitation detection, INCA performs better during the wet seasons. Generally, false events in INCA happen less frequently in the cells closer to the ZAMG stations than in other cells. The number of true events, however, is comparably low closer to the ZAMG stations. The difference between INCA and WegenerNet estimates is more noticeable for extremes. We separate individual events using a 1 h minimum inter-event time (MIT) and demonstrate that INCA underestimates the events' peak intensity until 2012 and overestimates this value after mid-2012 in most cases. In general, the precipitation rate and the number of grid cells with precipitation are higher in INCA. Considering four extreme convective short-duration events, there is a time shift in peak intensity detection. The relative differences in the peak intensity in these events can change from approximately 40% to 40 %. The results show that the INCA analysis product has been improving; nevertheless, the errors and uncertainties of INCA to estimate short-duration convective rainfall events and the peak of extreme events should be considered for future studies. The results of this study can be used for further improvements of INCA products as well as for future hydrological studies in regions with moderately hilly topography and convective dominance in summer.
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页码:4335 / 4356
页数:22
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