The discrete Brier and ranked probability skill scores

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Weigel, Andreas P ^a   Liniger, Mark A ^a   Appenzeller, Christof ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

BRIER SKILL SCORE (BSS); ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; NEAR-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; RANKED PROBABILITY SKILL SCORE (RPSS);

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RANKING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33846673525     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3280.1     Document Type: Article

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