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contributor authorNigro, Melissa A.
contributor authorCassano, John J.
contributor authorSeefeldt, Mark W.
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:38:52Z
date available2017-06-09T16:38:52Z
date copyright2011/04/01
date issued2010
identifier issn0882-8156
identifier otherams-71521.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4213422
description abstractypical model evaluation strategies evaluate models over large periods of time (months, seasons, years, etc.) or for single case studies such as severe storms or other events of interest. The weather-pattern-based model evaluation technique described in this paper uses self-organizing maps to create a synoptic climatology of the weather patterns present over a region of interest, the Ross Ice Shelf for this analysis. Using the synoptic climatology, the performance of the model, the Weather Research and Forecasting Model run within the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System, is evaluated for each of the objectively identified weather patterns. The evaluation process involves classifying each model forecast as matching one of the weather patterns from the climatology. Subsequently, statistics such as model bias, root-mean-square error, and correlation are calculated for each weather pattern. This allows for the determination of model errors as a function of weather pattern and can highlight if certain errors occur under some weather regimes and not others. The results presented in this paper highlight the potential benefits of this new weather-pattern-based model evaluation technique.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Weather-Pattern-Based Approach to Evaluate the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) Forecasts: Comparison to Automatic Weather Station Observations
typeJournal Paper
journal volume26
journal issue2
journal titleWeather and Forecasting
identifier doi10.1175/2010WAF2222444.1
journal fristpage184
journal lastpage198
treeWeather and Forecasting:;2010:;volume( 026 ):;issue: 002
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