A probabilistic forecast approach for daily precipitation totals

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-673

  Friederichs, Petra ^a   Hense, Andreas ^a  

^a Meteorological Institute   (Germany)

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EID: 54749127794     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007WAF2007051.1     Document Type: Article

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