Object-based evaluation of the impact of horizontal grid spacing on convection-allowing forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3413-3425

  Johnson, Aaron ^a   Wang, Xuguang ^a   Kong, Fanyou ^a   Xue, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud resolving models; Forecast verification skill; Model evaluation performance; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ASPECT RATIO; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84884949876     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00027.1     Document Type: Article

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