Application of forecasts verification science to operational river forecasting in the U.S. National Weather Service

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 779-784

  Demargne, Julie ^a,b   Mullusky, Mary ^a   Werner, Kevin ^a   Adams, Thomas ^a   Lindsey, Scott ^a   Schwein, Noreen ^a   Marosi, William ^a   Welles, Edwin ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECAST IMPROVEMENTS; HINDCASTS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; OBSERVED DATA; OPERATIONAL COMMUNITY; TIME-SCALES; VERIFICATION ACTIVITIES; VERIFICATION DATA;

RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 68949216438     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2619.1     Document Type: Article

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