Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Predictability of weather and climate: from theory to practice
- Chapter 2 Predictability from a dynamical meteorological perspective
- Chapter 3 Predictability – a problem partly solved
- Chapter 4 The Liouville equation and atmospheric predictability
- Chapter 5 Application of generalised stability theory to deterministic and statistical prediction
- Chapter 6 Ensemble-based atmospheric data assimilation
- Chapter 7 Ensemble forecasting and data assimilation: two problems with the same solution?
- Chapter 8 Approximating optimal state estimation
- Chapter 9 Predictability past, predictability present
- Chapter 10 Predictability of coupled processes
- Chapter 11 Predictability of tropical intraseasonal variability
- Chapter 12 Predictability of seasonal climate variations: a pedagogical review
- Chapter 13 Predictability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation
- Chapter 14 On the predictability of flow-regime properties on interannual to interdecadal timescales
- Chapter 15 Model error in weather and climate forecasting
- Chapter 16 Observations, assimilation and the improvement of global weather prediction – some results from operational forecasting and ERA-40
- Chapter 17 The ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System
- Chapter 18 Limited-area ensemble forecasting: the COSMO-LEPS system
- Chapter 19 Operational seasonal prediction
- Chapter 20 Weather and seasonal climate forecasts using the superensemble approach
- Chapter 21 Predictability and targeted observations
- Chapter 22 The attributes of forecast systems: a general framework for the evaluation and calibration of weather forecasts
- Chapter 23 Predictability from a forecast provider's perspective
- Chapter 24 Ensemble forecasts: can they provide useful early warnings?
- Chapter 25 Predictability and economic value
- Chapter 26 A three-tier overlapping prediction scheme: tools for strategic and tactical decisions in the developing world
- Chapter 27 DEMETER and the application of seasonal forecasts
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Chapter 20 - Weather and seasonal climate forecasts using the superensemble approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Predictability of weather and climate: from theory to practice
- Chapter 2 Predictability from a dynamical meteorological perspective
- Chapter 3 Predictability – a problem partly solved
- Chapter 4 The Liouville equation and atmospheric predictability
- Chapter 5 Application of generalised stability theory to deterministic and statistical prediction
- Chapter 6 Ensemble-based atmospheric data assimilation
- Chapter 7 Ensemble forecasting and data assimilation: two problems with the same solution?
- Chapter 8 Approximating optimal state estimation
- Chapter 9 Predictability past, predictability present
- Chapter 10 Predictability of coupled processes
- Chapter 11 Predictability of tropical intraseasonal variability
- Chapter 12 Predictability of seasonal climate variations: a pedagogical review
- Chapter 13 Predictability of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation
- Chapter 14 On the predictability of flow-regime properties on interannual to interdecadal timescales
- Chapter 15 Model error in weather and climate forecasting
- Chapter 16 Observations, assimilation and the improvement of global weather prediction – some results from operational forecasting and ERA-40
- Chapter 17 The ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System
- Chapter 18 Limited-area ensemble forecasting: the COSMO-LEPS system
- Chapter 19 Operational seasonal prediction
- Chapter 20 Weather and seasonal climate forecasts using the superensemble approach
- Chapter 21 Predictability and targeted observations
- Chapter 22 The attributes of forecast systems: a general framework for the evaluation and calibration of weather forecasts
- Chapter 23 Predictability from a forecast provider's perspective
- Chapter 24 Ensemble forecasts: can they provide useful early warnings?
- Chapter 25 Predictability and economic value
- Chapter 26 A three-tier overlapping prediction scheme: tools for strategic and tactical decisions in the developing world
- Chapter 27 DEMETER and the application of seasonal forecasts
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
In this chapter we present a short overview of the Florida State University (FSU) superensemble methodology for weather and seasonal climate forecasts and cite some examples on application for hurricanes, numerical weather prediction (NWP) and seasonal climate forecasts. This is a very powerful method for producing a consensus forecast from a suite of multimodels and the use of statistical algorithms. The message conveyed here is that the superensemble reduces the errors considerably compared with those of the member models and of the ensemble mean. This is based on results from several recent publications, where varieties of skill scores such as anomaly correlation, root-mean-square (rms) errors and threat scores have been examined. The improvements in several categories such as seasonal climate prediction from coupled atmosphere–ocean multimodels and NWP forecasts for precipitation exceed those of the best models in a consistent manner and are more accurate compared with the ensemble mean. It is difficult to state, soon after a forecast is made, as to which among the member models would have the highest skill. The superensemble is very consistent in this regard and is thus more reliable. In this study, we show walk-through tables that illustrate the workings of the superensemble for a hurricane track and heavy rain forecast for a flooding event. A number of features of the superensemble – number of training days, behaviour as the number of models increased, reduction of systematic errors and use of a synthetic superensemble – illustrate the strength of this new forecast experience.
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