A comparison of predictors of the error of weather forecasts

Three different potential predictors of forecast error - ensemble spread, mean errors of recent forecasts and the local gradient of the predicted field - were compared. The comparison was performed using the forecasts of 500hPa geopotential and 2-m temperature of the ECMWF ensemble prediction system...

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Main Author: M. S. Roulston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2005-01-01
Series:Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Online Access:http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/12/1021/2005/npg-12-1021-2005.pdf