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The Geostationary Interferometric
Microwave Sounder (GIMS) is a synthetic aperture microwave sounder working in
time-sharing sampling mode with a rotating circular antenna array. Real-time
forecasting for short-term meteorological phenomena such as tropical
cyclones, which is one of the most important natural disasters that cause
severe damage in coastal areas around the world. Furthermore, since
information available in microwave band is different from that available in
visible/
infrared frequency, microwave sensor in GEO orbit can complement the existing
sensors in GEO orbit that work in visible/infrared frequency to determine
vertical temperature distribution and thus help investigate inner structure
of tropical cyclone. As we know, a lot of improvement of WRFDA has been realized, such as radar data and LEO microwave data. It
has the ability of providing initial conditions for the WRF model and
assessing observing system. However, one major constraint of WRFDA is the
ability of assimilating GEO microwave observations into the assimilation
model and verify how the GIMS sensor effect the output data of model,
especially for synthetic aperture microwave sounder. So, for my group, we
focus on surface pressure and precipitation in hurricane and typhoon areas
based on WRF and WRFDA model.
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