Evaluating probabilistic forecasts using information theory

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1653-1660

  Roulston, Mark S ^a   Smith, Leonard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; ENTROPY; INFORMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY;

BINARY DECISION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036612028     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1653:EPFUIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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