The early history of probability forecasts: Some extensions and clarifications

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-15

  Murphy, Allan H ^a   Brown, Barbara G ^b  

^a Prediction and Evaluation Systems   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST; WEATHER FORCASTING;

EID: 0031926705     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0005:TEHOPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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