A preliminary investigation of temperature errors in operational forecasting models

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-205

  Colby Jr , Frank P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST ERROR; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0031901948     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0187:APIOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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