Improving probabilistic ensemble forecasts of convection through the application of QPF-POP relationships

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 319-336

  Schaffer, Christopher J ^a,b   Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Segal, Moti ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Ensembles; Forecasting techniques; Probability forecasts; Quantitative precipitation forecasts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER RESOURCES; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLES; FORECASTING METHODS; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; GRID POINTS; GRID-SPACINGS; MODEL REFINEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD METHODS; PROBABILISTIC ENSEMBLE; PROBABILITY FORECASTS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; TEST SETS; TRAINING SETS; WARM SEASONS;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79959727342     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010WAF2222447.1     Document Type: Article

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