The skill of probabilistic precipitation forecasts under observational uncertainties within the generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation framework for hydrological applications

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 807-819

  Pappenberger, Florian ^a   Ghelli, A ^a   Buizza, R ^a   Bodis K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINGAUGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68049094846     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM956.1     Document Type: Article

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