I was working for the Omani Meteorological Department when the implementation of
a numerical weather forecasting model prompted the need for some local knowledge in numerical weather predictions.
Not exact matches
«It's impressive, considering that current state - of - the - art
numerical weather models, such as NOA's Global Forecast System, or the European Centre for Medium - Range
Weather Forecasts» operational
model, are only skillful up to one to two weeks in advance,» says paper co-author Cory Baggett, a postdoctoral researcher in the Barnes and Maloney labs.
«Consequently, global «water vapor winds» are estimated from the movement of these features and used in
numerical weather models to improve long - range
forecasts,» Chesters said.
Apart from ground stations,
weather forecasts are heavily dependent on
weather satellites for information to start or «initialize» the
numerical weather prediction
models that are the foundation of modern
weather prediction.
On the basis of magnetic data collected in real time and a chain of suitable
numerical models it will eventually prove possible, rather as in conventional meteorology, to
forecast space
weather and prevent the impact of solar storms on Earth.
Boyle, J.S., et al., 2005: Diagnosis of Community Atmospheric
Model 2 (CAM2) in
numerical weather forecast configuration at Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) sites.
Sea surface temperature (SST) measured from Earth Observation Satellites in considerable spatial detail and at high frequency, is increasingly required for use in the context of operational monitoring and
forecasting of the ocean, for assimilation into coupled ocean - atmosphere
model systems and for applications in short - term
numerical weather prediction and longer term climate change detection.
Many
numerical weather prediction centers now use coupled ocean - atmosphere
models to produce ensemble
forecasts on the subseasonal time scale.
Mikhail Tolstykh is an expert for global
numerical weather prediction
models to develop medium - range and seasonal
forecasts.
Their prediction is based on the quantity of incoming solar radiation and uses 16 - day
forecasts from a
numerical weather prediction
model (WRF).
Traditionally
numerical weather prediction has advanced progressively by improving single, «deterministic»
forecasts with an increasing
model accuracy and decreasing initial condition errors.
ERA - Interim combines information from meteorological observations with background information from a
forecast model, using the data assimilation approach developed for
numerical weather prediction.
Meteorological observations from radiosondes are also applied to benchmark the
numerical weather prediction
models used to
forecast day - to - day
weather.
The ECMWF provides its supercomputer - run Integrated
Forecasting System, a world - renowned
numerical weather prediction
model, as a basis for some Copernicus services, such as atmospheric
forecasts and reanalysis data.
And this is also the difference between
numerical weather forecast and climate projection with climate
models.
Much of this progress is due to advances in
numerical weather prediction, that is, the use of computer
models which approximate the fluid motions of the atmosphere to create
forecasts of the
weather at some time in the future.
This study examines the horizontal distribution of cirrus clouds by means of satellite imagery analyses and
numerical weather prediction
model forecasts.
It is worth noting that some high - resolution operational
numerical weather prediction
models have demonstrated reasonable ability in
forecasting tropical cyclones.