The Finley affair: A signal event in the history of forecast verification

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-20

  Murphy, Allan H ^a  

^a Prediction and Evaluation Systems   (United States)

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FORECAST VERIFICATION; HISTORICAL FORECAST; TORNADO FORECASTING PROGRAM;

EID: 0030456160     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1996)011<0003:TFAASE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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