Application of object-based verification techniques to ensemble precipitation forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-158

  Gallus Jr , William A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; DIURNAL SIGNALS; DYNAMIC CORES; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OBJECT BASED; OBJECT PARAMETERS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PROBABILITY MATCHING; PROBABILITY THRESHOLD; RAIN RATES; STANDARD DEVIATION; VERIFICATION TECHNIQUES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DYNAMICS; RAIN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 77953584930     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222274.1     Document Type: Article

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