Abstract
In the present study, local insitu observations are utilized in the Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) to generate high-resolution (4 km and hourly) soil moisture (SM) and soil temperature (ST) data over India. Further, the impact of the LDAS-derived SM and ST initialization on simulation of pre-monsoon (March–May) thunderstorms over the Gangetic West Bengal region are assessed. The high-resolution (4 km and hourly) land surface conditions such as SM and ST data are prepared for the period from 2010 to 2013 using the LDAS forced with various insitu observations from Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), Meteorological Aviation Reports (METAR), and micro-meteorological tower observations over India. Four thunderstorm (TS) events during the pre-monsoon season of 2010 are considered for the numerical experiments using climatological SM and ST at coarser resolution (CNTR) and LDAS-generated high-resolution SM and ST (WLDAS) for initializing the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. The efficacy of the LDAS-generated SM and ST data are verified against micro-meteorological tower observations at Kharagpur, West Bengal, and the results indicate the magnitude and variation in the data product are close to observations. The initialization of high-resolution LDAS-generated SM and ST in the WRF improves the simulation of near-surface air temperature, humidity, and pressure at Kharagapur. Most importantly, the location and timing of the storm are relatively better simulated in the WLDAS than CNTR over the Kolkata region. The study encourages the use of more local observations in the generation of high-resolution SM and ST data for application in the simulation of pre-monsoon TSs.
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