Predictive skill of a subset of models participating in D-PHASE in the COPS region

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 287-305

  Bauer, Hans Stefan ^a   Weusthoff, Tanja ^b   Dorninger, Manfred ^c   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^a   Schwitalla, Thomas ^a   Gorgas, Theresa ^c   Arpagaus, Marco ^b   Warrach Sagi, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Fractions skill score; Upscaling; VERA; Verification; Windward lee effect

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CYCLE; FRACTIONS SKILL SCORE; UPSCALING; VERA; WINDWARD-LEE EFFECT;

FLOOD CONTROL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); UPSCALING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79951905306     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.715     Document Type: Article

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