MOS uncertainty estimates in an ensemble framework

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 246-268

  Glahn, Bob ^a   Peroutka, Matthew ^a   Wiedenfeld, Jerry ^a   Wagner, John ^a   Zylstra, Greg ^a   Schuknecht, Bryan ^a   Jackson, Bryan ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DEW POINTS; ENSEMBLE FORECAST SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ERROR ESTIMATIONS; KERNEL DENSITIES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SINGLE VALUES; TIME PERIODS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; WEATHER FORECASTS; WEATHER SERVICES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 64149094018     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2569.1     Document Type: Article

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