Using a stochastic kinetic energy backscatter scheme to improve MOGREPS probabilistic forecast skill

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1190-1206

  Tennant, Warren J ^a   Shutts, Glenn J ^a   Arribas, Alberto ^a   Thompson, Simon A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Forecast verification; Model comparison; Probability forecasts models distributions; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LOSS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; FORECAST ERRORS; FORECAST VERIFICATION; GRID SCALE; IMPROVED FORECAST; LEAD TIME; MODEL COMPARISON; MODEL ERRORS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STOCHASTIC KINETICS; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TIME STEP;

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORECASTING; KINETIC ENERGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79955142260     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3430.1     Document Type: Article

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