Improving weather predictability by including land surface model parameter uncertainty

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1551-1569

  Orth, Rene ^a   Dutra, Emanuel ^b   Pappenberger, Florian ^b,c  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecast verification skill; Forecasting; Forecasting techniques; Land surface model; Model evaluation performance; Models and modeling; Parameterization; Probability forecasts models distribution

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY FORECASTS/MODELS/DISTRIBUTION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; LAND SURFACE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84966309330     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-15-0283.1     Document Type: Article

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