Evaluation of the added value of regional ensemble forecasts on global ensemble forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 972-987

  Wang, Yong ^a   Tascu, Simona ^b   Weidle, Florian ^a   Schmeisser, Karin ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b NWP Division   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Model evaluation performance; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; CENTRAL EUROPE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; ENSEMBLE MEMBERS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ENSEMBLES; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; NEAR-SURFACE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BLENDING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84868306764     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00102.1     Document Type: Article

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