Performance Assessment of the Three-Dimensional Wind Field Weather Running Estimate - Nowcast and the Three-Dimensional Wind Field Air Force Weather Agency Weather Research and Forecasting Wind Forecasts

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Investigating Surface Bias Errors in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model using a Geographic Information System (GIS)

“…While MET proved useful as an assessment tool for forecasts over a regional domain, they found its ability to illuminate model shortcomings on the spatial and temporal scales needed by battlefield commanders to be lacking. In another assessment Dumais et al (2012) evaluated 3 models that produced 3-dimensional (3-D) wind fields to arrive at domain-level conclusions. Although Dumais et al did not employ any of the MET in their analysis, their desire was to also identify model strengths and weaknesses, and again, they found their ability to draw spatial and temporal conclusions lacking.…”