Hypothesis tests for evaluating numerical precipitation forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-167

  Hamill, Thomas M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL TESTS; STATISTICS;

NONPARAMETRIC WILCOXON SIGNED RANK TEST; NUMERICAL PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; RESAMPLING TEST;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033117844     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0155:HTFENP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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