Probabilistic forecasting of (severe) thunderstorms in the Netherlands using model output statistics

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-148

  Schmeits, Maurice J ^a   Kok, Kees J ^a   Vogelezang, Daan H P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; THUNDERSTORMS;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION EQUATIONS; SQUARE ROOT;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

THUNDERSTORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18844425795     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF840.1     Document Type: Article

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