A comparison of predictors of the error of weather forecasts

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1021-1032

  Roulston, M S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 30744431877     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-1021-2005     Document Type: Article

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