On the filtering properties of ensemble averaging for storm-scale precipitation forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1093-1105

  Surcel, Madalina ^a   Zawadzki, Isztar ^a   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FILTERING PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); PROBABILITY MATCHING; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SPECTRAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RAIN; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84896793456     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00134.1     Document Type: Article

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