The extreme dependency score: A non-vanishing measure for forecasts of rare events

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Stephenson, D B ^a   Casati, B ^b   Ferro, C A T ^a   Wilson, C A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extreme; Skill; Verification

Indexed keywords

VERIFICATION;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE FORECASTING; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; EXTREME; FORECASTING SYSTEM; HIGH IMPACT EVENTS; SKILL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 42549146416     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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