Dr. Jacob Radford

Publications

Corresponding Articles: 3

Jacob Radford authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.

Assessing Variations in the Predictive Skill of Ensemble Snowband Forecasts with Object-Oriented Verification and Self-Organizing Maps

We used object-oriented verification and self-organizing maps (SOMs) to identify patterns in environmental parameters correlating with mesoscale snowband predictive skill by the High-Resolution Ensemble Forecast (HREF) system between 2017 and 2022. First, HREF snowband forecasts for 305 banding events were verified based on similarities between ...

Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA

Accelerating Community-Wide Evaluation of AI Models for Global Weather Prediction by Facilitating Access to Model Output

Numerous artificial intelligence-based weather prediction (AIWP) models have emerged over the past 2 years, mostly in the private sector. There is an urgent need to evaluate these models from a meteorological perspective, but access to the output of these models is limited. We detail two new resources to facilitate access to AIWP model output da...

Institution Earth System Research Laboratory - ESRL

National Weather Service (NWS) Forecasters’ Perceptions of AI/ML and Its Use in Operational Forecasting

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have attracted a great deal of attention from the atmospheric science community. The explosion of attention on AI/ML development carries implications for the operational community, prompting questions about how novel AI/ML advancements will translate from research into operations. However, the...

Institution Earth System Research Laboratory - ESRL