The Application of Measures of Synoptic Similarity to the Evaluation and Development of Atmospheric Prediction Models: Task 2. Supplement.
Abstract
This Report, the Final Report for Task 2 of the overall development of the MOSS (Measures of Synoptic Similarity) system, has been written as a Supplement to the Final Report for Task 1. Familiarity with and access to that Report is assumed. The expanded MOSS system resulting from performance of Task 2 is known as MOSS2. Task 2 objectives were to extend the MOSS1 system to provide the MOSS2 system by incorporating the following additional features and capabilities: A capability for producing MOSS scores for the southern hemisphere; A capability for utilizing User-specified range-level values; A capability for matching, in ranges-of-scale, either 1000-mb fields only or 500-mb fields only, and for matching fields which have been pattern-separated prior to input to the MOSS2 system; A capability for producing an areal distribution of match coefficients for the SV, SL and SD ranges-of-scale at 500-mb, 1000-mb, and/or the 500-1000-mb thickness; A capability for producing an areal distribution of match coefficients which are a User-weighted combination of the SV, SL and SD ranges-of-scale; A capability for displaying the results of the MOSS2 system in tabulated formats.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA082031
Entities
People
- Barbara A. Hawkins
- Manfred M. Holl
- Michael J. Cuming