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Tropical storm case studies #2260

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We have seen that the model can produce realistic-looking tropical cyclones, for example Typhoon Koinu here:

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We would probably like to look at the model performance for one or a few selected storms in a way that is repeatable and ideally quantitative. This could take the form of an extra package within the fast evaluation, that might read some exported netcdf files and then look at a pre-selected region and time-span known to contain an interesting storm.

How exactly this should be realized technically and how such case-studies should be selected is up for debate.

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As a proof-of-concept, I have implemented a simple cyclone detector, that would allow us to look at track positions and quantities like wind-speed and core pressure along the track:

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In this example, the model is almost perfect for Koinu, and even follows the intensification (but not the track) of storm Bolaven which was initiated around step 30. Note that other examples during the same period were not as good though.

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  • datasets, data readers, data preparation and transfer
  • model
  • science
  • infrastructure and engineering
  • evaluation, export and visualization
  • documentation
  • performance

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