Decision-making from probability forecasts based on forecast value

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 307-315

  Mylne, Kenneth R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL MODELING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; PROBABILITY FORECASTS; USER ORIENTED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

DECISION MAKING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0008917319     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702003043     Document Type: Article

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