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Weather science technical reports

Recent reports in the "Forecasting Research Technical Report" series.

Weather Science provides the forecasting capabilities that are used for routine operational short to medium range forecasting of the weather, the oceans and their impacts.

Forecasting Research Technical Reports
Report No.TitleAuthor(s)Year
565 FRTR565 Lake Surface Water Temperature in the operational OSTIA system. (PDF, 3 MB) Fiedler E.; Martin, M.; Roberts-Jones, J.2012
564 FRTR564 Diagnosis of exaggerated impacts in adjoint-based sensitivity studies. (PDF, 327 kB) Joo, S.; Lorenc, A.; Marriott, R.2012
563 FRTR 563 Untagged Latex Version New soil physical properties implemented into the UKPP MOSES-PDM-RFM at PS25. (PDF, 2 MB) Ashton, H.2012
562 FRTR562 The impact of Metop and other satellite data within the Met Office global NWP system using an adjoint-based sensitivity method. (PDF, 296 kB) Joo, S.; Eyre, J.; Marriott, R.2012
561 FRTR561 Description and assessment of the OSTIA reanalysis. (PDF, 10 MB) Roberts-Jones, J.; Fiedler, E.; Martin, M.2011
560 FRTR560 Progress towards the implementation of correlated observation errors in 4D-Var. (PDF, 2 MB) Weston, P.2011
559 FRTR559 A synoptic assessment of the MOGREPS ensemble spread and its prediction of forecast errors. (PDF, 3 MB) Semple, A.2011
558 FRTR 558 V2 Improved variational analyses using a nonlinear humidity control variable: Formulation and trials. (PDF, 529 kB) Ingleby, B.; Lorenc, A.; Ngan,K.; Rawlins, R.; Jackson, D.2012
557 FRTR557 A high resolution SWAN model assessment: North Norfolk to Humber (PDF, 1 MB) Bunney, C.2011
556 FRTR556 Diurnal variability in sea surface temperature: observation and model assessment. (PDF, 1 MB) Sykes, P.; While, J.; Sellar, A.; Martin, M.;2011
555 FRTR555 Validation of the ATSR Re-processing for Climate (ARC) dataset using data from drifting buoys and a three-way error analysis. (PDF, 893 kB) Lean, K.; Saunders, R.;2011
554 FRTR554 Summary of large-scale biases in the global FOAM ocean forecasting system (PDF, 9 MB) Storkey, D.2011
553 FRTR553 Changes to the Met Office NWP System for Parallel Suite 20: Operational November 2008. (PDF, 3 MB) Brooks, M.E.; Bush, M.; Candy, B.; Pullen, S.; Renshaw, R.; Thurlow, M.2011
552Not yet available
551 FRTR551 ESCAT soil moisture climatology. (PDF, 6 MB) Pradhan, Y.; Brooks M., Saunders, R.2011
550 FRTR550 Formulation and performance of an algorithm for determining precipitation type from a rain rate forecast, using NWP model parameters. (PDF, 16 MB) Pierce, C.; Hirsch, T.; Bennett, A.C.2010
549Not yet available
548 FRTR548 Assimilation of ASCAT surface soil wetness. (PDF, 3 MB) Dharssi, I.; Bovis, K.; Macpherson, B; Jones, C.2010
547 FRTR547 The residual bias of AIRS observations. (PDF, 2 MB) 2010
546 FRTR546 White Paper Review on the Verification of Warnings. (PDF, 363 kB) Stephenson, D.B.; Jolliffe, I.T.; Ferro, C.A.T.; Wilson, C.A.; Sharpe, M.; Mittermaier, M.; Hewson, T.D. 2010
545Not yet available
544 FRTR544 Measuring the SEVIRI modulation transfer function for assimilation into Met Office mesoscale models. (PDF, 635 kB) Tubbs, R.; Kelly, G.2010
543 FRTR543 Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) as a means of sensing water vapour. (PDF, 517 kB) Toll, M.; Tubbs, R.2010
542Not yet available
541 FRTR 541 V2 Investigation into the consistency of radiosonde and GPSRO observations and their application in NWP at the Met OfficeInvestigation into the consistency of radiosonde and GPSRO observations and their application in NWP at the Met Office. (PDF, 2 MB) Rennie, M.P. 2010
540 FRTR540 Cloud detection in Meteosat Second Generation imagery at the Met Office. (PDF, 3 MB) Hocking, J.; Francis, P.; Saunders, R.2010

 You can browse the complete series and link to our publications archive to view older copies in the series.

Report Nos.Browse the series
1-31 Short Range Forecasting Division Technical Report
32- Forecasting Research Technical Report

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Last Updated: 11 May 2012