Comparative forecast evaluation: Graphical Gaussian models and sufficiency relations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1912-1924

  Callies, Ulrich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

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COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033928271     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1912:CFEGGM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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