Maintaining the role of humans in the forecast process: Analyzing the psyche of expert forecasters

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1893-1898

  Stuart, Neil A ^a,b   Schultz, David M ^c,d   Klein, Gary ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Division of Applied Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

FORECAST PROCESS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 39049161624     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-12-1893     Document Type: Article

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