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Simulation-based comparison of multivariate ensemble post-processing methods
Institute for Stochastics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sándor Baran
Department of Applied Mathematics and Probability Theory, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Annette Möller
Institute for Mathematics, Technical University of Clausthal, Clausthal, Germany
Jürgen Groß
Institute for Mathematics and Applied Informatics, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
Roman Schefzik
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Stephan Hemri
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss,
Zurich-Airport, Switzerland
Maximiliane Graeter
Institute for Stochastics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Short summary
Accurate models of spatial, temporal, and inter-variable dependencies are of crucial importance for many practical applications. We review and compare several methods for multivariate ensemble post-processing, where such dependencies are imposed via copula functions. Our investigations utilize simulation studies that mimic challenges occurring in practical applications and allow ready interpretation of the effects of different misspecifications of the numerical weather prediction ensemble.
Accurate models of spatial, temporal, and inter-variable dependencies are of crucial importance...