Getting the most out of ensemble forecasts: A valuation model based on user-forecast interactions

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2561-2571

  Millner, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; PROBABILITY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; DECISION PROBLEMS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; FORECAST VALUES; HIGHLY SENSITIVES; MODEL ACCURACIES; MODEL PERFORMANCES; OBJECTIVE MEASURES; PERCEIVED VALUES; THEORETICAL MODELS; VALUATION MODELS; WIDER RANGES;

FORECASTING;

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALUATION;

EID: 57749168821     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1899.1     Document Type: Article

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