Descriptions and Procedures for Running the Meteorological Error Determination (MED) Scripts and Programs

Abstract

This report briefly describes the several scripts and programs used to generate vertical profiles with a user-defined vertical structure in terms of height or pressure from model and radiosonde observation (RAOB) data, compute the differences between the respective model- and RAOB-based profiles, and produce tables of several statistical measures such as mean and standard deviation by variable and height or pressure level. The basic version of this software was developed earlier, but was modified for the purpose of producing statistics for meteorological error determination. This set of scripts and programs greatly reduces the time needed for analysis of model accuracy relative to RAOBs, as compared with previous methods that used, for example, spreadsheets to compute differences and statistical values. The report details the scripts and programs that compose the new version of the software and presents samples of the output.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 16, 2020
Accession Number
AD1102285

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  • J. Cogan

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  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Information Science
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Radiosondes
  • Sea Level
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Wind Direction

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