Predictability and economic value

Predictability of Weather and Climate

Volumn 9780521848824, Issue , 2006, Pages 628-644

  Richardson, David S ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BRIER SKILL SCORES; DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION SYSTEMS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; PROBABILISTIC SKILL; PROBABILITY FORECASTS; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 77958458360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617652.026     Document Type: Chapter

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