Contributions of mixed physics versus perturbed initial/Lateral boundary conditions to ensemble-based precipitation forecast skill

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2140-2156

  Clark, Adam J ^a   Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Chen, Tsing Chang ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DEGRADATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERRORS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFATE MINERALS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONING; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR GROWTH; ERROR SOURCES; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LATERAL BOUNDARIES; LEAD TIMES; LEAD-TIME; MODEL ERRORS; PRECIPITATION FORECASTING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PROBABILITY MATCHING; REGIONAL MODELING; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPREAD RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME PERIODS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 49749099659     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2029.1     Document Type: Article

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