Blacklist Design of AMDAR Temperature Data and Their Application in the CMA-GFS

Blacklist methods are used in the CMA Global Forecasting System (CMA-GFS) to improve the application of aircraft temperature data to numerical weather prediction in the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. In this paper, the ERA5 re-analysis data are used to analyze aircraft temperature observation errors of each aircraft and a blacklist is established using pre-quality controls and threshold methods. The blacklist-filtered and blacklisted aircraft temperature data are then applied to the four-dimensional variational assimilation system, respectively, and an assimilation cycle forecast for the period from September 1 to 30, 2019 is carried out. The results show an uneven distribution in the global aircraft blacklist data. After the application of the blacklist methods, the RMSE of geopotential height and temperature analysis field decrease in the vertical direction by a maximum of ~ 1.5 gpm at 200 hPa and ~ 0.15 K at 250 hPa, respectively. Overall, the blacklist methods of aircraft temperature data improve the analysis and forecast in the CMA-GFS.