Forecast Verification Research

• To plan and implement the verification component of WWRP;
• To serve as a focal point for the development and dissemination of new verification methods for WWRP and EPAC, as required;
• To facilitate and encourage training and dissemination of information on verification methodologies;
• To take into account the needs of users so as to ensure the relevance of the practice of forecast verification;
• To facilitate the development and application of improved diagnostic verification methods to assess and enable improvement of the quality of weather forecasts, including forecasts from numerical weather and climate models;
• To encourage the sharing of observational data for verification purposes;
• To encourage greater awareness in the research community of the importance of verification as a vital part of numerical and field experiments rather than an "afterthought";
• To promote collaboration among scientists conducting research on various aspects of forecast verification as well as with model developers and forecast providers; and
• To collaborate on forecast verification with the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) and WCRP and in coordination with CBS.

• Special Issue of Meteorological Applications on Forecast Verification
  
  
• Verification guidance and support for WWRP forecast and research demonstration projects (e.g. MAP D-PHASE, Beijing Olympics)
  
  
• Documentation of recommended methods for specific applications (e.g. precipitation)
  
  
• Workshops on new verification methods;
  
  
• Education and outreach, including web tools and tutorials on verification methods;
  
  
• Development of a Real Time Forecast Verification (RTFV) system;
  
  
• User-focused verification approaches and
  
  
• Methods intercomparisons

co-Chair:Barbara BROWN (USA)
bgb@ucar.edu
co-Chair: Beth EBERT (Australia)
e.ebert@bom.gov.au
Harold BROOKS (USA)
harold.brooks@noaa.gov
Barbara CASATI (Ouranos Inc.)
casati.barbara@ouranos.ca
Martin Gober (Germany)
martin.goeber@dwd.de
Anna GHELLI (ECMWF)
anna.ghelli@ecmwf.int
Marion Mittermaier (UK)
marion.mittermaier@metoffice.gov.uk
Pertti NURMI (Finland)
pertti.nurmi@fmi.fi
Joel STEIN (France)
joel.stein@meteo.fr
David Stephenson (University of Exeter)
d.b.stephenson@exeter.ac.uk
Clive Wilson (UK)
clive.wilson@metoffice.gov.uk
Lawrence WILSON (Canada)
lawrence.wilson@ec.gc.ca

Summer Colloquim on Forecast Verification (NCAR Boulder CO USA, 6-28 Jun 2010)

Fourth International Verification Methods Workshop (Helsinki 4 - 10 Jun 2009)

Joint Meeting of the WG on Mesocale Weather Forecasting Research and JWG on Verification Research (Shanghai, China, 1-3 December 2008)

Meeting of the Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (Boulder, CO, USA, 21-22 April 2008)

Tutorial Session during the recently held Third International Verification Methods Workshop (ECMWF, Reading, 29 Jan - 2 Feb 2007)

Publications

Recommendations for the Verification and Intercomparison of QPFs and PQPFs from Operational NWP Models - Revision 2 October 2008 (WMO/TD-No.1485 WWRP 2009-1)

Scientific publications of interest

Special Issue of Meteorological Applications
on Forecast Verification (Volume 15,Issue 1)