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A spatial and temporal stochastic cascade analysis of meteorological models and reanalyses

2009· dissertation· en· W7033856201 on OpenAlexfundno aff

Bibliographic record

VenueeScholarship@McGill (McGill) · 2009
Typedissertation
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicEducational Reforms and Innovations
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsCascadeMultiplicative functionRange (aeronautics)Stochastic modellingTransformation (genetics)DissipationStochastic process
DOInot available

Abstract

This thesis investigates the hypothesis that the stochastic structure of deterministic models of the atmosphere is captured by multiplicative cascade processes. Using data from reanalyses (ERA 40) and two meteorological models (GFS, GEM), we investigate the spatial and temporal cascade structures of the temperature, humidity, and horizontal wind at various altitudes, latitudes, and forecast times. Over the range spanning from the model dissipation scales (≈100 km) to at least 5000 km and for statistical moments up to order 2, the cascade predictions are satisfied to typically better than ±1%. In time, we find corresponding cascade structures with outer scales of roughly 15 days. By constructing space-time diagrammes, we find they are roughly linear up to 5-10 days with transformation velocities of about 1000 km/day, as predicted based on the solar energy flux. This transition time scale, which corresponds to planetary size structures, objectively defines the weather/climate transition.

Stored with the screening record, where it is evidence for the labels above.

How this classification was reachedexpand

The three-model screen

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All three models called this out of scope.

stratum: fund_new · design weight: 1678.90 (the sample is stratified; any rate computed without the weight is wrong)
Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: medium

Atmospheric science thesis on cascade structure of weather models and reanalyses; what we learn is about the atmosphere, not about research practice.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

The thesis studies stochastic structures in atmospheric models and reanalyses, not research methodology.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Stochastic cascade analysis of weather models and reanalyses; atmospheric science, not study of research methods.

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.005
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.019
Threshold uncertainty score0.000

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.005
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.025
GPT teacher head0.273
Teacher spread0.249 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2009
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