Session 12A Forecast Verification Methods and Performance I: Model Evaluation

Thursday, 2 July 2015: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Salon A-2 (Hilton Chicago)
Host: 27th Conference On Weather Analysis And Forecasting/23rd Conference On Numerical Weather Prediction
Cochairs:
Jennifer E. Tate, North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Alexander O. Tardy, NOAA/NWS, Weather Forecast Office, San Diego, CA

Papers:
8:00 AM
12A.1
Using Initial State and Forecast Temporal Variability to Evaluate Model Behavior
Carolyn A. Reynolds, NRL, Monterey, CA; and E. A. Satterfield and C. H. Bishop
8:30 AM
12A.3
8:45 AM
12A.4
An Overview of Grid-to-Grid Verification at Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) of NCEP
Binbin Zhou, EMC, College Park, MD; and P. Shafran, Y. Lin, F. Yang, Y. Zhu, Y. Mao, and G. DiMago
9:00 AM
12A.5
The Environmental Modeling Center's Model Evaluation Group
Glenn H. White, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and G. Manikin and C. Guastini
9:15 AM
12A.6
9:30 AM
12A.7
Verification for the High Impact Weather Prediction Project (HIWPP) and other verification work to support model development within ESRL/GSD
Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and J. A. Hamilton, X. Wei, W. R. Moninger, B. Strong, and T. Schneider
9:45 AM
12A.8
Use of User-Defined Metrics for Evaluating Solar Forecasts
Tara L. Jensen, NCAR/Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. E. Haupt, B. G. Brown, T. L. Fowler, J. H. Gotway, J. Prestopnik, J. K. Lazo, and S. D. Drobot

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