What is the true value of forecasts?

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-37

  Millner, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954064226     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009WCAS1001.1     Document Type: Article

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