HESS Opinions "Forecaster priorities for improving probabilistic flood forecasts"
HESS Opinions "Forecaster priorities for improving probabilistic flood forecasts"
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DOI:
10.5194/hess-17-4389-2013
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发表时间:
2013-11
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6.3
通讯作者:
F. Wetterhall;F. Pappenberger;L. Alfieri;H. Cloke;J. T. Pozo;S. Balabanova;J. Daňhelka;A. Vogelbacher-A.
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作者:
F. Wetterhall;F. Pappenberger;L. Alfieri;H. Cloke;J. T. Pozo;S. Balabanova;J. Daňhelka;A. Vogelbacher-A.
Hydrological ensemble prediction systems (HEPS) have in recent years been increasingly used for the operational forecasting of floods by European hydromete- orological agencies. The most obvious advantage of HEPS is that more of the uncertainty in the modelling system can be assessed. In addition, ensemble prediction systems generally have better skill than deterministic systems both in the terms of the mean forecast performance and the potential forecasting of extreme events. Research efforts have so far mostly been devoted to the improvement of the physical and technical aspects of the model systems, such as increased resolution in time and space and better description of physical processes. Developments like these are certainly needed; however, in this paper we argue that there are other areas of HEPS that need urgent attention. This was also the result from a group exercise and a survey conducted to op- erational forecasters within the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) to identify the top priorities of improvement regarding their own system. They turned out to span a range of areas, the most popular being to include verification of