A probability model for verifying deterministic forecasts of extreme events

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1089-1100

  Ferro, Christopher A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME-VALUE THEORY; JOINT DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY MODEL;

PROBABILITY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 35948931070     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF1036.1     Document Type: Article

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