The Application of Measures of Synoptic Similarity to the Evaluation and Development of Atmospheric Prediction Models: Task 1.

Abstract

A method is described for bit-coding meteorological analyses and forecasts in terms of specifying parameters which measure pattern characteristics. By matching the associated bit strings, an absolute measure of the similarity between forecast and analyzed synoptic fields can be obtained. Applications to numerical model verification, evaluation and development are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073098

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  • Manfred M. Holl
  • Michael J. Cuming

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Disturbances
  • Case Studies
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programming
  • Decomposition
  • Grids
  • Hemispheres
  • Information Processing
  • Intervals
  • Mass Storage
  • Meteorology
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Recognition
  • Research Facilities
  • Standards

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  • Environmental science

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.