Bayesian estimation of stochastic parameterizations in a numerical weather forecasting model

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4045-4059

  Song, Yong ^a   Wikle, Christopher K ^a   Anderson, Christopher J ^b   Lack, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR REFLECTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

KAIN-FRITSCH (KF) CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATION; STOCHASTIC TRIGGER FUNCTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 38049110124     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR1928.1     Document Type: Article

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