Model uncertainty in a mesoscale ensemble prediction system: Stochastic versus multiphysics representations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1972-1995

  Berner, J ^a   Ha, S Y ^a   Hacker, J P ^b   Fournier, A ^a   Snyder, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Kinetic energy; Mesoscale forecasting; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; MESOSCALE; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MULTI-PHYSICS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

BACKSCATTERING; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79954486545     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3595.1     Document Type: Article

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