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ECMWF Global Analyses 1979-1986: Circulation Statistics and Data Evaluation
The purpose of this technical note is to establish the climate record from global analyses for use in compiling climatologies which may then be used to validate the Community...- publication PDF
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Metrics for Evaluation of Solar Energy Forecasts
This technical note summarizes metrics that have been defined to assess the quality of forecasts of solar irradiance and solar power production forecasting. A set of six base...- publication PDF
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Data ingest and objective analysis for the PSU/NCAR modeling system:...
Report discusses in detail the auxiliary programs DATAGRID and RAWINS, and intends to update previous documentation for these two programs (Haagenson, 1987; Seaman and...- publication PDF
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MesoVICT: Mesoscale Verification Inter-Comparison over Complex Terrain
The spatial forecast methods intercomparison project (ICP, http://www.ral.ucar.edu/projects/icp) was formed in 2007 with the aim of better understanding the rapidly increasing...- publication PDF
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An Implementation Plan for Cool Season Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
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The NCAR Eulerian Regional Acid Deposition Model
The principal objective of this project is to develop an Eulerian regional acid deposition model suitable for assessing source-receptor relationships. The initial task is the...- publication PDF
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A description of the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)
This technical report describes the fifth generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model, or MM5. It is intended to provide scientific and technical documentation of the model for...- publication PDF
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A Three-demiensional Variational (3DVAR) Data Assimilation System for Use With MM5
This report describes the three-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation system designed and built in the MMM Division of NCAR for use with the MM5 modeling system....- publication PDF
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The East African Great Lake Environments (EAGLE) Climate Downscaling Dataset
The East African Great Lake Environments (EAGLE) climate downscaling dataset was created to provide a high-resolution depiction of present and future climate scenarios in the...- publication PDF
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A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3
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Real-time Forecasts for WISP-91 Using the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model
This technical report describes the experience gained from operational use of the model for the Winter Icing and Storms Project (WISP-91). The operational MM4 forecasts are...- publication PDF
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Source Code Documentation for the Clark-Hall Cloud-scale Model Code Version G3CH01
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Global Analyses From ECMWF and Atlas of 1000 to 10 Mb Circulation Statistics
This report describes the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) global analyses available to NCAR. Several data sets are available with differing...- publication PDF
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Summary Reports--Fellowship in Scientific Computing Summer 1973
A summary report and collection of papers from the 1973 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing and the scientific work of fellowship students who participated....- publication PDF
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A multi-resolution Gaussian process model for the analysis of large spatial data sets
A multi-resolution basis is developed to predict two-dimensional spatial fields based on irregularly spaced observations. The basis functions at each level of resolution are...- publication PDF
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A Guide to Transform Software for Nonlinear Normal-mode Initialization of...
This report represents the culmination of efforts by Ronald Errico and James Vickroy of the Large-Scale Dynamics Section of NCAR's Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division...- publication PDF
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A Global Ocean Wind Stress Climatology Based on ECMWF Analyses
This report discusses the computations of the surface wind stress over the global oceans using surface winds from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)...- publication PDF
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Scientific Documentation for the NMM Solver
The development of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling system is a multiagency effort to provide a next-generation mesoscale forecast model system that aims at...- publication PDF
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Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) Model: 2015 Scientific...
This document describes the scientific aspects of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) modeling system. This is based on 2015 HWRF v3.7a public release. This...- publication PDF
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Impact of Climate Change on Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes
A state of the art modeling study was undertaken to estimate the most likely impacts of climate change on Gulf of Mexico hurricane intensity and frequency. The modeling study...- publication PDF