How to quantify the resolution of surface climate by circulation types: An example for Alpine precipitation

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 403-410

  Schiemann, Reinhard ^a   Frei, Christoph ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Brier; Circulation type; Classification; COST 733; COST733; Precipitation; Skill score; Weather type

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; BRIER; CLIMATE VARIABLES; EVALUATION APPROACH; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; MANUAL CLASSIFICATION; NON-PARAMETRIC; SKILL SCORE; SMALL GROUPS; SURFACE CLIMATE;

AUTOMATIC INDEXING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SEASONALITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALPS;

EID: 77954958322     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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