Short-term forecast validation of six models

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-108

  White, Bryan G ^a   Paegle, Jan ^a   Steenburgh, W James ^a   Horel, John D ^a   Swanson, Robert T ^a   Cook, Louis K ^a   Onton, Daryl J ^a   Miles, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ERRORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

INITIAL CONDITIONS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033080054     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0084:STFVOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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