The sensitivity of the number of correctly forecasted events to the threat score: A practical application

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 646-650

  Hilliker, Joby L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS;

FORECASTING SYSTEMS; OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 3142670592     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0646:TSOTNO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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