AROME-MetCoOp: A nordic convective-scale operational weather prediction model

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 609-627

  Müller, Malte ^a   Homleid, Mariken ^a   Ivarsson, Karl Ivar ^b   Køltzow, Morten A Ø ^a   Lindskog, Magnus ^a   Midtbø, Knut Helge ^a   Andrae, Ulf ^b   Aspelien, Trygve ^a   Berggren, Lars ^b   Bjørge, Dag ^a   Dahlgren, Per ^c   Kristiansen, Jørn ^a   Randriamampianina, Roger ^a   Ridal, Martin ^b   Vignes, Ole ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

Author keywords

Forecast verification skill; Model evaluation performance; Nonhydrostatic models; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Operational forecasting; Short range prediction

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR;

FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; NONHYDROSTATIC MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SHORT-RANGE PREDICTIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GNSS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 85016648248     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-16-0099.1     Document Type: Article

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