Artificial skill and validation in meteorological forecasting

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-169

  Mielke Jr , Paul W ^a   Berry, Kenneth J ^a   Landsea, Christopher W ^b   Gray, William M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST ABSOLUTE DEVIATION; LEAST SQUARED DEVIATION; METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION MODEL;

EID: 0030431088     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0153:ASAVIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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