What is the predictability limit of midlatitude weather?

F Zhang, YQ Sun, L Magnusson… - Journal of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Understanding the predictability limit of day-to-day weather phenomena such as midlatitude
winter storms and summer monsoonal rainstorms is crucial to numerical weather prediction …

Atmospheric research over the western North Atlantic Ocean region and North American East Coast: A review of past work and challenges ahead

A Sorooshian, AF Corral, RA Braun… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Decades of atmospheric research have focused on the Western North Atlantic Ocean
(WNAO) region because of its unique location that offers accessibility for airborne and ship …

[HTML][HTML] Chasing snowstorms: The investigation of microphysics and precipitation for Atlantic coast-threatening snowstorms (IMPACTS) campaign

LA McMurdie, GM Heymsfield, JE Yorks… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening
Snowstorms (IMPACTS) is a NASA-sponsored field campaign to study wintertime …

SAL—A novel quality measure for the verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts

H Wernli, M Paulat, M Hagen… - Monthly Weather …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
A novel object-based quality measure, which contains three distinct components that
consider aspects of the structure (S), amplitude (A), and location (L) of the precipitation field …

Cloud-resolving hurricane initialization and prediction through assimilation of Doppler radar observations with an ensemble Kalman filter

F Zhang, Y Weng, JA Sippel, Z Meng… - Monthly Weather …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study explores the assimilation of Doppler radar radial velocity observations for cloud-
resolving hurricane analysis, initialization, and prediction with an ensemble Kalman filter …

Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for WRF: Formulation and preliminary results

XY Huang, Q **ao, DM Barker, X Zhang… - Monthly Weather …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model–based variational data
assimilation system (WRF-Var) has been extended from three-to four-dimensional …

Effects of vertical wind shear on the predictability of tropical cyclones

F Zhang, D Tao - Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Through cloud-resolving simulations, this study examines the effect of vertical wind shear
and system-scale flow asymmetry on the predictability of tropical cyclone (TC) intensity …

Effects of moist convection on mesoscale predictability

F Zhang, C Snyder, R Rotunno - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
In a previous study by the authors, it was shown that the problematic numerical prediction of
the 24–25 January 2000 snowstorm along the east coast of the United States was in some …

Mesoscale predictability of moist baroclinic waves: Convection-permitting experiments and multistage error growth dynamics

F Zhang, N Bei, R Rotunno, C Snyder… - Journal of the …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
A recent study examined the predictability of an idealized baroclinic wave amplifying in a
conditionally unstable atmosphere through numerical simulations with parameterized moist …

Characteristics of occasional poor medium-range weather forecasts for Europe

MJ Rodwell, L Magnusson, P Bauer… - Bulletin of the …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Medium-range weather prediction has become more skillful over recent decades, but
forecast centers still suffer from occasional very poor forecasts, which are often referred to as …