Special section on statistics in the atmospheric sciences

TL;DR

This paper highlights recent research directions at the intersection of statistics and atmospheric sciences, emphasizing the growing integration of probabilistic methods in weather forecasting and related fields.

Contribution

It presents a curated overview of current research trends and developments in applying statistical techniques to atmospheric science problems.

Findings

Increased use of stochastic models in weather prediction

Growing publication of atmospheric science papers in statistics journals

Emerging research directions at the interface of statistics and atmospheric sciences

Abstract

With the possible exception of gambling, meteorology, particularly precipitation forecasting, may be the area with which the general public is most familiar with probabilistic assessments of uncertainty. Despite the heavy use of stochastic models and statistical methods in weather forecasting and other areas of the atmospheric sciences, papers in these areas have traditionally been somewhat uncommon in statistics journals. We see signs of this changing in recent years and we have sought to highlight some present research directions at the interface of statistics and the atmospheric sciences in this special section.