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16 Apr 2020
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Simulating model uncertainty of subgrid-scale processes by sampling model errors at convective scales
Michiel Van Ginderachter
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorological Research and Development, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent university, Ghent, Belgium
Daan Degrauwe
Department of Meteorological Research and Development, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent university, Ghent, Belgium
Stéphane Vannitsem
Department of Meteorological Research and Development, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Piet Termonia
Department of Meteorological Research and Development, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent university, Ghent, Belgium
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Neural networks are a technique that is widely used to predict the time evolution of physical systems. For this the past evolution of the system is shown to the neural network – it is
trained– and then can be used to predict the evolution in the future. We show some limitations in this approach for certain systems that are important to consider when using neural networks for climate- and weather-related applications.
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Short summary
A generic methodology is developed to estimate the model error and simulate the model uncertainty related to a specific physical process. The method estimates the model error by comparing two different representations of the physical process in otherwise identical models. The found model error can then be used to perturb the model and simulate the model uncertainty. When applying this methodology to deep convection an improvement in the probabilistic skill of the ensemble forecast is found.
A generic methodology is developed to estimate the model error and simulate the model...
