Evaluation Study of an Operational Mesoscale Forecast Model Over Three Climatologically Different Areas

Abstract

This report describes the evaluation study of the forecast skill of the Battlescale Forecast Model (BFM) over three-different regions with different terrain complexities and climates. The model computations are initialized with three different sets of initial conditions over Colorado, Washington, and Florida; forecast data are statistically compared with surface observation data. Statistical results of the BFM are compared to those of the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System and Navy Operational Regional Atmospheric Prediction System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA382932

Entities

People

  • Teizi Henmi

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate
  • Colorado
  • Data Sets
  • Dew Point
  • Information Science
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • North America
  • Observation
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology