Improvement of local categorical precipitation forecasts from an NWP model by various statistical postprocessing methods

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-56

  Sokol, Zbyněk ^a   Řezáčová, Daniela ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

NWP model; Precipitation forecast; Statistical postprocessing

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0343527326     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022057807597     Document Type: Article

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