Conditional probabilities, relative operating characteristics, and relative operating levels

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 713-725

  Mason, Simon J ^a   Graham, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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FORECASTING METHOD; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033208324     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0713:CPROCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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