Session 13 Verification Methods I

Thursday, 1 February 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 28th Conference on Probability and Statistics
Cochairs:
Michael E. Baldwin and Mrinal K. Biswas, NCAR, Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO

Novel Methods in Postprocessing and Verification, Diagnostics, and Evaluation of Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

Papers:
8:30 AM
13.1
METplus: 15 Years of Verification and Diagnostics for the Community
Tara L. Jensen, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Developmental Testbed Center, Boulder, CO; and B. G. Brown, J. Opatz, C. P. Kalb, and D. R. Adriaansen

8:45 AM
13.2
The Environmental Modeling Center Verification System (EVS): Real-time verification of Unified Forecast System (UFS) models
Jason J. Levit, EMC, College Park, MD; and G. Manikin, A. M. Bentley, L. C. Dawson, and T. L. Jensen

9:00 AM
13.3
Updates to Operational Verification of NCEP’s Regional Models and Utility as a Decision-Making Tool for Regional Model Upgrades and Retirement
Logan C. Dawson, OPC, College Park, MD; and J. J. Levit, G. S. Manikin, A. M. Bentley, M. G. Caron, H. C. Huang, S. Melchior, O. Ostwald, P. Shafran, R. K. Shrestha, and B. Zhou

9:30 AM
13.5
Going Beyond the Terrestrial: Space Weather Verification with METplus
Jonathan L. Vigh, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and T. G. Onsager, T. L. Jensen, D. Fuller-Rowell, J. Wang, M. Codrescu, T. Durgonics, C. Martinkus, F. Centinello, T. Fuller-Rowell, and R. A. Steenburgh

9:45 AM
13.6
My favorite model has improved but has it improved for me? A perspective on forecast evaluation and verification
James Correia Jr., CIRES, College Park, MD; NWS/Weather Prediction Center, College Park, MD; and S. M. Trojniak

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