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A month-long short-range numerical weather prediction experiment using the Florida State University’s (FSU) global and regional models and the multi-model/multi-analysis super-ensemble over the Eastern Caribbean domain is presented in this paper. The paper also investigates weather prediction capabilities of FSU global and regional models by examining the root mean square errors (RMSE) for the wind and precipitation fields.
Super-ensemble forecasting, a new statistical approach to weather forecasting, is used over this domain. Here, forecasts from a number of numerical models provide the input and statistical combinations of these forecasts produce the super-ensemble forecast. A similar approach is used for the precipitation field where one model using different rain rate algorithms is used to generate different model outputs.
The results show that the super-ensemble method produces forecasts that are superior to those obtained from the ensemble members.
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Received May 29, 2000/Revised February 15, 2001
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Mayers, M., Krishnamurti, T., Depradine, C. et al. Numerical weather prediction over the Eastern Caribbean using Florida State University (FSU) global and regional spectral models and multi-model/multi-analysis super-ensemble. Meteorol Atmos Phys 78, 75–88 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007030170007
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s007030170007