A method for producing and evaluating probabilistic forecasts from ensemble model integrations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1518-1530

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINNED PROBABILITY ENSEMBLE; GCM; NUMERICAL METHOD; WEATHER FORECAST;

EID: 0030438938     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1518:AMFPAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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