Improving short-range high-resolution model precipitation forecast skill using time-lagged ensembles

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 627, 2007, Pages 1487-1500

  Mittermaier, Marion P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution forecast models; Precipitation forecasts; Time lagged ensembles; Verification

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HIGH-RESOLUTION FORECAST MODELS; PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; TIME-LAGGED ENSEMBLES;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 35548997083     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.135     Document Type: Article

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