Experimental hydrometeorological and hydrological ensemble forecasts and their verification in the us national weather service

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 313, 2007, Pages 177-187

  Demargne, Julie ^a,b   Wu, Limin ^a,c   Seo, Dong Jun ^a,b   Schaake, John ^a,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RS Information Systems   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ensemble forecasting; Probabilistic verification; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTS; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PREPROCESSOR; PROBABILISTIC VERIFICATION; PROBABILITY ESTIMATES; RIVER FORECAST CENTERS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STREAMFLOW PREDICTIONS; UNCERTAINTY; US NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; VERIFICATION RESULTS; WEATHER SERVICES;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55749098813     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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