NORPEX-98 FIELD EXPERIMENTS

CONCEPT OF TARGETED OBSERVATIONS

NORPEX OVERVIEW

NORPEX FLIGHTS

VERIFICATION RESULTS:
                                                                2-DAY SURFACE PRESSURE SCATTER PLOTS

                                                                2-DAY WINDS SCATTER PLOTS

                                                                5-DAY WINDS SCATTER PLOTS

SYNOPTIC EXAMPLES:

                                                 1)               SENSITIVITY AT INITIAL TIME

                                                                    FORECAST IMPACT OF DATA

                                                 2)                IMPROVED PRECIPITATION FORECAST

EXAMPLES FOR HIGH PREDICTABILITY WEATHER EVENTS:

                                                                    "SPAGHETTI" CHART1      CHART2

                                                                    ENSEMBLE BASED PQPF FORECAST

                                                                    IMPACT OF EL-NINO

SUMMARY RESULTS

EVALUATION OVERVIEW

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