Application of the composite method to the spatial forecast verification methods intercomparison dataset

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1390-1400

  Nachamkin, Jason E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREAL COVERAGE; COMPETING MODELS; COMPOSITE METHOD; CONDENSED FORM; DATA SETS; DISPLACEMENT ERRORS; GEOMETRIC SHAPE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERCOMPARISONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTES; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; RELAY INFORMATION; SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT; SPATIAL FORECASTS; SYSTEMATIC MODELS; TEST CASE;

ERRORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

DATA SET; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 74549144254     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WAF2222225.1     Document Type: Article

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