Hydrologic verification: A call for action and collaboration

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-511

  Welles, Edwin ^a   Sorooshian, Soroosh ^b   Carter, Gary ^c   Olsen, Billy ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c NOAA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; RIVERS; VERIFICATION;

HYDROLOGIC FORECAST; VERIFICATION METRICS;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 34249086249     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-4-503     Document Type: Article

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