Evaluation of probabilistic precipitation forecasts determined from Eta and AVN forecasted amounts

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Gallus Jr , William A ^a   Baldwin, Michael E ^b,c   Elmore, Kimberly L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILISTIC PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; DATA SET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GALLUS;

EID: 33947238864     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF976.1     Document Type: Article

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