Description:

Forecast validation serves as a method to quantify model performance and guidance for improvements. This is true whether models are forecasting space weather drivers near the surface of the Sun or forecasting terrestrial weather drivers near the surface of Earth. As so, this session is a collaborative effort between space weather and terrestrial weather groups to discuss forecast validation techniques. We invite talks and posters related to generalized forecast validation techniques including, but not limited to, the following examples: validating time series predictions, validating spatially distributed phenomena, improving predictions with ensemble forecasting, validation with limited assets, benchmarking methods, and operations-to-research requirements.