Ensemble Typhoon Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts Model in Taiwan

AbstractIn this study, an ensemble typhoon quantitative precipitation forecast (ETQPF) model was developed to provide typhoon rainfall forecasts for Taiwan. The ETQPF rainfall forecast is obtained by averaging the pick-out cases, which are screened using certain criterion based on given typhoon tracks from an ensemble prediction system (EPS). Therefore, the ETQPF model resembles a climatology model. However, the ETQPF model uses the quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPFs) from an EPS instead of historical rainfall observations. Two typhoon cases, Fanapi (2010) and Megi (2010), are used to evaluate the ETQPF model performance. The results show that the rainfall forecast from the ETQPF model, which is qualitatively compared and quantitatively verified, provides reasonable typhoon rainfall forecasts and is valuable for real-time operational applications. By applying the forecast track to the ETQPF model, better track forecasts lead to better ETQPF rainfall forecasts. Moreover, the ETQPF model provides th...

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