Probability of precipitation: Assessment and enhancement of end-user understanding

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-193

  Joslyn, Susan ^a   Nadav Greenberg, Limon ^a   Nichols, Rebecca M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATES; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; END USERS; PACIFIC NORTHWESTS; PRECIPITATION FORECASTS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 64949192127     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2509.1     Document Type: Article

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