Fog prediction from a multimodel mesoscale ensemble prediction system

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 303-322

  Zhou, Binbin ^a   Du, Jun ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; DETECTION CAPABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; EASTERN CHINA; END USERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUES; ENSEMBLE-BASED FORECASTS; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; FOG DETECTION; FOG FORECASTING; FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; FORECASTING ALGORITHM; FORECASTING METHODS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; MESOSCALE; MULTI VARIABLES; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; MULTIMODEL APPROACH; MULTIVARIABLE APPROACH; NONHYDROSTATIC MESOSCALE MODELS; NWP MODEL; POST-PROCESSOR; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; REGIONAL MODEL; SKILL LEVELS; STATISTICAL VERIFICATION; WARM-SEASON PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

FOG; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FOG; PREDICTION;

CHINA;

EID: 77953608041     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222289.1     Document Type: Article

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