The quality and accuracy of a sample of public and commercial weather forecasts in the UK

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-74

  Thornes, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PRIVATIZATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; WEATHER SATELLITES;

COMMERCIALISATION; DATA COLLECTION; FORECAST ACCURACY; NEW ZEALAND; ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND PROFILER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0040582677     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.5060030107     Document Type: Article

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