Communicating forecast uncertainty: Public perception of weather forecast uncertainty

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-195

  Joslyn, Susan ^a   Savelli, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Forecast biases; Probabilistic forecasts

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; FORECAST BIAS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; WEATHER PARAMETERS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; SURVEY METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77954161511     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.190     Document Type: Article

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