Calibration of limited-area ensemble precipitation forecasts for hydrological predictions

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2176-2197

  Diomede, Tommaso ^a   Marsigli, Chiara ^a   Montani, Andrea ^a   Nerozzi, Fabrizio ^a   Paccagnella, Tiziana ^a  

^a Regional Environmental Protection Agency (Emilia Romagna Region)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Flood events; Forecast verification skill; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ERRORS; FLOODS; MAPPING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL TESTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLES; FLOOD EVENT; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALOG MODEL; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GERMANY; SWITZERLAND;

EMILIA;

EID: 84901640029     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00071.1     Document Type: Article

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