This study examines the horizontal distribution of cirrus clouds by means of satellite imagery analyses and
numerical weather prediction model forecasts.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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.
It is worth noting that some high - resolution operational
numerical weather prediction models have demonstrated reasonable ability in
forecasting tropical cyclones.