期刊名称:Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography
电子版ISSN:1600-0870
出版年度:2013
卷号:65
期号:1
页码:1-13
DOI:10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.21206
摘要:In weather forecasting, non-homogeneous regression (NR) is used to statistically post-process forecast ensembles in order to obtain calibrated predictive distributions. For wind speed forecasts, the regression model is given by a truncated normal (TN) distribution, where location and spread derive from the ensemble. This article proposes two alternative approaches which utilise the generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution. A direct alternative to the TN regression is to apply a predictive distribution from the GEV family, while a regime-switching approach based on the median of the forecast ensemble incorporates both distributions. In a case study on daily maximum wind speed over Germany with the forecast ensemble from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), all three approaches significantly improve the calibration as well as the overall skill of the raw ensemble with the regime-switching approach showing the highest skill in the upper tail.