Assessing spatial and attribute errors in large national datasets for population distribution models: a case study of Philadelphia county schools     

Lauren Patterson  Marie Urban  Aaron Myers  Budhendra Bhaduri  Eddie Bright  Phillip Coleman 《GeoJournal》2007,69(1-2):93-102

Geospatial technologies and digital data have developed and disseminated rapidly in conjunction with increasing computing efficiency and Internet availability. The ability to store and transmit large datasets has encouraged the development of national infrastructure datasets in geospatial formats. National datasets are used by numerous agencies for analysis and modeling purposes because these datasets are standardized and considered to be of acceptable accuracy for national scale applications. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory a population model has been developed that incorporates national schools data as one of the model inputs. This paper evaluates spatial and attribute inaccuracies present within two national school datasets, Tele Atlas North America and National Center of Education Statistics (NCES). Schools are an important component of the population model, because they are spatially dense clusters of vulnerable populations. It is therefore essential to validate the quality of school input data. Schools were also chosen since a validated schools dataset was produced in geospatial format for Philadelphia County; thereby enabling a comparison between a local dataset and the national datasets. Analyses found the national datasets are not standardized and incomplete, containing 76 to 90 percent of existing schools. The temporal accuracy of updating annual enrollment values resulted in 89 percent inaccuracy for 2003. Spatial rectification was required for 87 percent of NCES points, of which 58 percent of the errors were attributed to the geocoding process. Lastly, it was found that by combining the two national datasets, the resultant dataset provided a more useful and accurate solution.  相似文献   

Winkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励的主共振分析   总被引：5，自引：1，他引：5  

彭震  杨志安 《地震工程与工程振动》2006,26(3):91-93

研究W inkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励作用的主共振问题。应用弹性理论和Galerk in方法建立W inkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励作用的非线性动力方程。应用非线性振动的多尺度法,求得系统主共振的近似解。分析不同参数对主共振响应曲线的影响。  相似文献   

Winkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励的1/3次亚谐共振分析   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：8  

彭震  杨志安 《地震工程与工程振动》2006,26(4):132-135

研究W inkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励作用的1/3次亚谐共振问题。应用弹性理论和Galerk in方法建立W inkler地基梁在温度场中受简谐激励作用的非线性动力方程,根据非线性振动的多尺度法求得系统满足1/3次亚谐共振情况的一次近似解,并对其进行数值计算,分析了温度、调谐值、激励、阻尼、地基刚度等参数对系统的影响。  相似文献   

Spatial and temporal scales of transport during the cooling phase of the ice-free period in a small high-mountain lake     

Francisco Rueda  Enrique Moreno-Ostos  Luis Cruz-Pizarro 《Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries》2007,69(1):115-128

  相似文献   

2006年9—11月T213与ECMWF及日本模式中期预报性能检验     

阳揣环 《气象》2007,33(2):112-117

为了验证T213模式秋季中期预报产品的性能与质量,对2006年9-11月T213模式96小时中期数值预报产品进行了天气学检验,并与ECMWF、日本模式96小时预报性能做了对比分析检验.结果表明,T213、ECMWF、日本模式对亚洲中高纬度地区大尺度环流形势演变和重大调整过程的96小时预报能力均较强,因此对重大灾害性天气的预报有较好的指示意义.三种模式相比,ECMWF模式对西风指数、850hPa温度、南支槽东移的预报较为准确;2006年11月4-6日的过程预报以日本模式最为吻合;T213模式对具体影响系统的强度、位置、影响时间的预报还存在一定误差.  相似文献   

山东省近55年夏季降水和平均气温的多时间尺度分析     

王业宏  孙兴池  高慧君 《山东气象》2007,27(3):10-13

利用最近55a山东夏季降水和平均气温资料，统计分析了降水和平均气温的变化特征，并用Meyer小波变换方法，对山东省夏季降水和平均气温进行了分析，发现山东夏季降水呈明显下降趋势，气温略呈上升趋势。小波分析显示两者在中短周期上基本一致，即它们的中短周期基本在11a，5～6a和2～3a左右的时间尺度上变动。而这些基本周期正是太阳黑子活动和海气相互作用的周期，说明山东省夏季降水和平均气温的周期变化主要受太阳黑子活动和海-气相互作用的影响。  相似文献   

A One-dimensional Ensemble Forecast and Assimilation System for Fog Prediction     

M. D. Müller  C. Schmutz  E. Parlow 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2007,164(6-7):1241-1264

A probabilistic fog forecast system was designed based on two high resolution numerical 1-D models called COBEL and PAFOG. The 1-D models are coupled to several 3-D numerical weather prediction models and thus are able to consider the effects of advection. To deal with the large uncertainty inherent to fog forecasts, a whole ensemble of 1-D runs is computed using the two different numerical models and a set of different initial conditions in combination with distinct boundary conditions. Initial conditions are obtained from variational data assimilation, which optimally combines observations with a first guess taken from operational 3-D models. The design of the ensemble scheme computes members that should fairly well represent the uncertainty of the current meteorological regime. Verification for an entire fog season reveals the importance of advection in complex terrain. The skill of 1-D fog forecasts is significantly improved if advection is considered. Thus the probabilistic forecast system has the potential to support the forecaster and therefore to provide more accurate fog forecasts.  相似文献   

降水检验方案变化对降水检验评估效果的影响分析   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4       下载免费PDF全文

王雨  闫之辉 《气象》2007,33(12):53-61

为了实现对中尺度模式降水预报产品的合理化统计检验,在我国现有观测系统条件下,研究了24小时加密降水观测实况对降水统计检验评分的影响。过去的标准检验系统观测站为400站,分为9个区,目前业务试运行的加密检验系统采用的观测站为2510站,分为33个区。同时对国外常用的统计检验量ETS评分进行了初步的研究。通过对2005年7—8月我国近年来引进或自主发展的T213L31、HLAFS25、MM5、MESO-GRAPES60km和30km模式,WRF20km模式,以及日本及德国的全球模式的降水预报产品的统计学检验,主要得到如下结论:(1)加密检验系统和标准检验系统在站点分布和分区形式上有较大的差别,新旧检验系统对各模式和预报员全国降水预报的评估结论在大雨以下各级降水评估方面差别不大,结论基本相似,除中雨预报外,加密系统的TS评分均略低于标准检验的结果。暴雨以上评分的差别较大,其中部分模式的两个检验系统的预报偏差差别很大,说明暴雨以上的天气系统多为中小尺度系统,其发生的频率在加密系统中的反映可能更合理一些。(2)新的检验量ETS,对于全国这样较大的检验分区而言,大雨以下各级降水评分在量值上要小于TS评分,暴雨以上则比较接近,但其在多模式对比检验中所得的排序结论与TS和技巧评分相近,部分小雨空报较多的模式的评分有较大差别。(3)无论是加密检验,还是标准检验,各级降水检验中表现最好的模式是相同的。(4)分区相同、预报种类不同时,加密检验与标准检验的差别不同。对T213模式而言,两者在暴雨和大暴雨的预报偏差上的差别更显著一些,部分分区检验结论相反。而对预报员的预报而言,差别并不显著,检验结论一致。  相似文献   

A radar-based verification of precipitation forecast for local convective storms     

Daniela Rezacova  Zbynek Sokol  Petr Pesice 《Atmospheric Research》2007,83(2-4):211-224

Local flash flood storms with a rapid hydrological response are a real challenge for quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF). It is relevant to assess space domains, to which the QPF approaches are applicable. In this paper an attempt is made to evaluate the forecasting capability of a high-resolution numerical weather prediction (NWP) model by means of area-related QPF verification. The results presented concern two local convective events, which occurred in the Czech Republic (CR) on 13 and 15 July 2002 and caused local flash floods. We used the LM COSMO model (Lokall Model of the COSMO consortium) adapted to the horizontal resolution of 2.8 km over a model domain covering the CR. The 18 h forecast of convective precipitation was verified by using radar rainfall totals adjusted to the measured rain gauge data. The grid point-related root mean square error (RMSE) value was calculated over a square around the grid point under the assumption that rainfall values were randomly distributed within the square. The forecast accuracy was characterized by the mean RMSE over the whole verification domain. We attempt to show a dependence of both the RMSE field and the mean RMSE on the square size. The importance of a suitable merger between the radar and rain gauge datasets is demonstrated by a comparison between the verification results obtained with and without the gauge adjustment. The application of verification procedure demonstrates uncertainties in the precipitation forecasts. The model was integrated with initial conditions shifted by 0.5° distances. The four verifications, corresponding to the shifts in the four directions, show differences in the resulting QPF, which depend on the size of verification area and on the direction of the shift.  相似文献   

GRAPES模式对长江流域天气预报的检验分析   总被引：1，自引：3，他引：1  

徐双柱  张兵  谌伟 《气象》2007,33(11):65-71

GRAPES是中国新一代数值天气预报模式。使用GRAPES中尺度模式产品和常规观测资料,分析检验了2005、2006年汛期发生在长江流域的11次主要降水天气过程,得到:GRAPES模式对于长江流域的预报,无论是降水、天气形势还是物理量都有比较强的预报能力;GRAPES模式对级别较大的降水预报容易出现漏报,而不易出现空报,对于10mm以下的雨区预报比较准确,而对于大于50mm的雨区预报,尤其是大于100mm的降水中心存在较大的偏差;对于西太平洋副热带高压的预报比实际情况偏南、偏东;对于水汽通量散度的预报与实际情况比较吻合。  相似文献