The minimum spanning tree histogram as a verification tool for multidimensional ensemble forecasts

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1329-1340

  Wilks, Daniel S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

MINIMUM SPANNING TREE (MST) HISTOGRAM; UNDERDISPERSION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; HISTOGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3142658854     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1329:TMSTHA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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