Verification of the ECMWF ensemble forecasts of wind speed against analyses and observations

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 484-500

  Pinson, Pierre ^a,b   Hagedorn, Renate ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark; Calibration; Energy application; Observational uncertainty; Probabilistic forecasting; Scores; Skill

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FORECASTING; QUALITY CONTROL; WIND POWER;

ENERGY APPLICATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTING; SCORES; SKILL;

WIND;

EID: 84859562589     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.283     Document Type: Article

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