WEATHER AND FORECASTING

Weather and Forecasting (WAF) publishes research that is relevant to operational forecasting. This includes papers on significant weather events, forecasting techniques, forecast verification, model parameterizations, data assimilation, model ensembles, statistical postprocessing techniques, the transfer of research results to the forecasting community, and the societal use and value of forecasts. The scope of WAF includes research relevant to forecast lead times ranging from short-term “nowcasts” through seasonal time scales out to approximately two years.

《天气与预报》(WAF)发表与业务预报有关的研究报告。这包括关于重大天气事件、预测技术、预测验证、模型参数化、数据同化、模型集成、统计后处理技术、研究成果向预测社区的转移以及预测的社会用途和价值的论文。WAF的范围包括与预测交货时间相关的研究，范围从短期的“nowcast”到季节性的时间尺度，一直到大约两年。