Do probabilistic medium-range temperature forecasts need to allow for non-normality?

dc.creatorJewson, Stephen
dc.date2003-10-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:50:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:50:14Z
dc.descriptionThe gaussian spread regression model for the calibration of site specific ensemble temperature forecasts depends on the apparently restrictive assumption that the uncertainty around temperature forecasts is normally distributed. We generalise the model using the kernel density to allow for much more flexible distribution shapes. However, we do not find any meaningful improvement in the resulting probabilistic forecast when evaluated using likelihood based scores. We conclude that the distribution of uncertainty is either very close to normal, or if it is not close to normal, then the non-normality is not being predicted by the ensemble forecast that we test.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0310060
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0310060
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/85647
dc.subjectAtmospheric and Oceanic Physics
dc.titleDo probabilistic medium-range temperature forecasts need to allow for non-normality?
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