Simulating the influence of type II error on the outcome of past statistical experiments

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1551-1567

  Heimbach Jr , James A ^a   Super, Arlin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGER RANGE EXPERIMENT; CLOUD SEEDING; SNOWPACK TELEMETRY; STATISTICS; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

USA, IDAHO, BOISE;

EID: 0030389881     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1551:STIOTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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