Verification of analysed and forecasted winter precipitation in complex terrain

Schirmer, M.; Jamieson, B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-587-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-587-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-587-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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27 Mar 2015

Research article |

| 27 Mar 2015

Verification of analysed and forecasted winter precipitation in complex terrain

M. Schirmer and B. Jamieson

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RC C2642: 'Review of the paper « Verification of forecasted winter precipitation in complex terrain » by Schirmer and Jamieson', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2014
- AC C3018: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', Michael Schirmer, 04 Feb 2015
RC C2699: '“Verification of forecasted winter precipitation in complex terrain” by Schirmer and Jamieson', Richard L.H. Essery, 19 Dec 2014
- AC C3026: 'Reply to Richard Essery', Michael Schirmer, 04 Feb 2015

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AR by Michael Schirmer on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Feb 2015) by Valentina Radic

AR by Michael Schirmer on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2015)

Short summary

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models are rarely verified for mountainous regions during the winter season, although avalanche forecasters and other decision makers frequently rely on NWP models. We verified two NWP models (GEM-LAM and GEM15) and a precipitation analysis system (CaPA) at approximately 100 stations in the mountains of western Canada and northwestern USA. Ultrasonic snow depth sensors and snow pillows were used to observe daily precipitation amounts.