Removal of systematic model bias on a model grid

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-459

  Mass, Clifford F ^a   Baars, Jeffrey ^a   Wedam, Garrett ^a   Grimit, Eric ^a   Steed, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; LAND USE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BIAS REDUCTION; BIAS REMOVAL; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DEW-POINT TEMPERATURE; FORECAST GRIDS; FORECAST MODELS; GRID POINTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; SYSTEMATIC BIASES;

FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEW POINT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING BIAS; TERRAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 48649086305     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2006117.1     Document Type: Article

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