A comparison of measures-oriented and distributions-oriented approaches to forecast verification

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 288-303

  Brooks, Harold E ^a   Doswell III, Charles A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE FORECAST; VERIFICATION; WEATHER FORECAST;

USA, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA CITY;

EID: 0030442217     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0288:ACOMOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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