The accuracy of weather forecasts for Melbourne, Australia

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Stern, Harvey ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Australia; Melbourne; Verification; Weather forecasts

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; VERIFICATION;

ACCURACY; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION TECHNIQUES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 42549104037     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.67     Document Type: Conference Paper

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