Verification of categorical probability forecasts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-89

  Zhang, H ^a   Casey, T ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RAIN;

AUSTRALIAN SEASONAL RAINFALL MODEL; CATEGORICAL PROBABILITY FORECASTS; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034013893     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2000)015<0080:VOCPF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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