The Added Value Index: A new metric to quantify the added value of regional models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kanamitsu, Masao ^a   Dehaan, Laurel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ADDED VALUES; DOWN-SCALING; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; MODEL SKILL; REGIONAL MODEL; SEASONAL FORECASTS; VALUE ADDED;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VALUATION;

EID: 79958179339     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015597     Document Type: Article

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