Comparison of the performance of different analog-based bayesian probabilistic precipitation forecasts over Bilbao, Spain

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3107-3119

  Fernández Ferrero, Alejandro ^a   Sáenz, Jon ^b   Ibarra Berastegi, Gabriel ^b  

^a Subdirección de Desarrollo Sostenible   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN METHODS; BAYESIAN MODEL; DOWN-SCALING; METROPOLITAN AREA; PHASE SPACES; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; PRECIPITATION RATES; PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDANCE; QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECAST; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PROBABILITY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

EID: 77958509509     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010MWR3284.1     Document Type: Article

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