Probabilistic predictions of precipitation using the ECMWF Ensemble Prediction System

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-189

  Buizza, R ^a   Hollingsworth, A ^a   Lalaurette, F ^a   Ghelli, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS;

ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEM; FORECAST SKILL; RELIABILITY DIAGRAMS; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033117880     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0168:PPOPUT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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