Satellite soil moisture data assimilation impacts on modeling weather variables and ozone in the southeastern US – Part 1: An overview

Huang, Min; Crawford, James H.; DiGangi, Joshua P.; Carmichael, Gregory R.; Bowman, Kevin W.; Kumar, Sujay V.; Zhan, Xiwu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11013-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11013-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11013-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 14

Research article

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21 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 21 Jul 2021

Satellite soil moisture data assimilation impacts on modeling weather variables and ozone in the southeastern US – Part 1: An overview

Min Huang, James H. Crawford, Joshua P. DiGangi, Gregory R. Carmichael, Kevin W. Bowman, Sujay V. Kumar, and Xiwu Zhan

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11013-2021-supplement

Data sets

SMAP Enhanced L3 Radiometer Global Daily 9 km EASEGrid Soil Moisture P. E. O’Neill, S. Chan, E. G. Njoku, T. Jackson, and R. Bindlish https://doi.org/10.5067/RFKIZ5QY5ABN

Soil Climate Analysis Network Soil Moisture Data Vienna University of Technology https://www.geo.tuwien.ac.at/insitu/data_viewer

ESA CCI Soil Moisture Dat ESA https://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org/data

ACT-America 2016 1-minute Merged B-200 Data NASA https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ArcView/actamerica.2016

SEAC4RS 1-minute Merged DC-8 Data NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/Aircraft/SEAC4RS/Aerosol-TraceGas-Cloud

AQS Hourly Ozone Data US EPA https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html

CASTNET Hourly Ozone Data US EPA https://java.epa.gov/castnet/clearsession.do

NCEP ADP Global Surface Observational Weather Data NCEP https://doi.org/10.5065/4F4P-E398

AmeriFlux US-A32 ARM-SGP Medford hay pasture D. Billesbach, L. Kueppers, M. Torn, and S. Biraud https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1436327

AmeriFlux US-A74 ARM SGP milo field D. Billesbach, L. Kueppers, M. Torn, and S. Biraud https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1436328

AmeriFlux US-ARM ARM Southern Great Plains site-Lamont S. Biraud, M. Fischer, S. Chan, and M. Torn https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246027

AmeriFlux US-KFS Kansas Field Station N. Brunsell https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246132

AmeriFlux US-KLS Kansas Land Institute N. Brunsell https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1498745

AmeriFlux US-MMS Morgan Monroe State Forest Novick, K. and R. Phillips https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246080

AmeriFlux US-MOz Missouri Ozark Site J. Wood and L. Gu https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246081

AmeriFlux US-NC3 NC_Clearcut#3 A. Noormets https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1419506

AmeriFlux US-NC2 NC_Loblolly Plantation A. Noormets https://doi.org/10.17190/AMF/1246083

FLUXCOM Energy Fluxes Data Products Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry http://www.fluxcom.org/EF-Download/

GCIP/EOP Surface: Precipitation NCEP/EMC 4KM Gridded Data (GRIB) Stage IV Data J. Du https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PG1QDD

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. J. Huffman, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, and J. Tan https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERG/3B-HH/06

Model code and software

LIS Software Releases NASA https://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov/source

NASA-Unified WRF Source Code and Data NASA https://nuwrf.gsfc.nasa.gov/software

Short summary

This study evaluates the impact of satellite soil moisture data assimilation on modeled weather and ozone fields at various altitudes above the southeastern US during the summer. It emphasizes the importance of soil moisture in the understanding of surface ozone pollution and upper tropospheric chemistry, as well as air pollutants’ source–receptor relationships between the US and its downwind areas.