Diversity of stratospheric error growth across subseasonal prediction systems

Lee, R.W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1946-5559 and Charlton-Perez, A.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8179-6220 (2024) Diversity of stratospheric error growth across subseasonal prediction systems. Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (10). e2023GL107574. ISSN 1944-8007 doi: 10.1029/2023GL107574

Abstract/Summary

The stratosphere has previously been shown to be a significant source of subseasonal tropospheric predictability. The ability of ensemble prediction systems to appropriately exploit this depends on their ability to reproduce the statistical properties of the real atmosphere. In this study, we investigate predictability properties of the coupled stratosphere‐troposphere system in the sub‐seasonal to seasonal prediction project hindcasts by fitting a simple, minimal model. We diagnose the signal and noise components of each system in the stratosphere and troposphere and their coupling. We find that while the correlation skill scores are similar in most systems, the signal to noise properties can be substantially different. In the stratosphere, some systems are significantly overconfident, with a quantifiable impact on the tropospheric confidence. We link the method and details of the design of a prediction system to these predictive properties.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/116434
Identification Number/DOI	10.1029/2023GL107574
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Uncontrolled Keywords	Subseasonal; Stratosphere; Initialization; Signal-to-noise; Ensembles; Stratosphere-troposphere coupling
Publisher	American Geophysical Union
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