An appraisal of the Great Lakes advanced hydrologic prediction system

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-583

  Gronewold, Andrew D ^a   Clites, Anne H ^a   Hunter, Timothy S ^a   Stow, Craig A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Great Lakes; Model verification; Probabilistic model; Uncertainty; Water levels

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ASSESSING MODEL; CALIBRATED MODEL; CARGO TRANSPORT; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; FORECASTING SKILL; FUTURE MODELS; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES; INTERANNUAL; MODEL VERIFICATION; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; ONE STEP; PREDICTION INTERVAL; PROBABILISTIC MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES; UNCERTAINTY; VISUAL COMPARISON;

DECISION MAKING; MODEL STRUCTURES; RATING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; WATER LEVELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAKES;

DECISION MAKING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SHIPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 80052361672     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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