Lidar Simulation Model: Error Models


The LSM error model provides sampling accuracy, error biases and representativeness errors depending upon which horizontal wind model (High Resolution model, Grid Area - MPA, Grid Area - Least Squares) is used. Each error type is identified with indicators for error, data level, error type and error attribute.

ERROR DEFINITION

The data level corresponds to a specific LSM Level product. The error levels are defined as follows...

DATA LEVEL

00 - error with respect to analog/digitization

01 - error with respect to Line of sight velocities

2A - error with respect to Grid area winds

2B - error with respect to High Resolution winds

03 - error with respect to Model/other assisted winds.

ERROR TYPE

0 - estimation with respect to the actual winds at the shot locations

1 - estimation with respect to the actual winds as the assigned location

2 - estimation with respect to the subgrid averaged winds.

ERROR ATTRIBUTE

E - actual average error

R - weighted root mean square error or goodness of fit

B - weighted bias.



For example, take E 2B 0 E,

where

E - error indicator

2B - data level

0 - data level

E - error attribute


HORIZONTAL WIND MODEL ERRORS

High Resolution mode

E2BOE = Ve(m)i - Va(a:f)i

E2BOB = E2BOE

E2BOR = 0.0

E2B1E = Ve(m)i - Va(m)i

E2B1B = E2B1E

E2B1R = 0

Grid Area Resolution mode (MPA)

E2AOE = ( SiN (Ve(m)i × wf(i)) / SiNwf(i) ) - ( SiNVa(a:f)i ) / N

E2AOB = ( SiN (Ve(m)i - Va(a:f)i) × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i)

E2AOR = Ö(( SiN (Ve(m)i - Va(a:f)i)2 × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i) )

E2A1E = ( SiN Ve(m)i × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i) - ( SiN Va(m)i ) / N

E2A1B = ( SiN (Ve(m)i - Va(m)i) × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i)

E2A1R = Ö (( SiN (Ve(m)i - Va(m)i)2 × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i) )

E2A2E = ( SiN Ve(m)i × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i) - Vg

E2A2B = ( SiN (Ve(m)i - Vg) × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i)

E2A2R = Ö (( SiN (Ve(m)i - Vg)2 × wf(i) ) / SiN wf(i) )

Grid Area Resolution mode (Least Squares)

E2A0E = VeLS - SiN Va(a:f)i/N

E2AOR = X2

E2A2E = VeLS - Vg

where

N - represents the number of shots

Va(a:f)i - represents the average error of the actual winds at the for the i'th pair

Ve(m)i - represents the estimated velocity at the weighted measurement location for the i'th pair

Va(m)i - represents the actual wind velocity at the weighted measurement location for the i'th pair

Vg - represents the average of all winds within the global grid domain

VeLS - represents the least squares velocity


This page managed by Sidney A. Wood Last modified: 21 Feb. 1998