Spatial verification using a true metric

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-419

  Zhu, Meijun ^a   Lakshmanan, Valliappa ^a,b   Zhang, Pengfei ^a,b   Hong, Yang ^a   Cheng, Kesong ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a  

^a University of OK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Model verification

Indexed keywords

END-USERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODEL VERIFICATION; REFERENCE FIELD; VERIFICATION METHOD; VERIFICATION PROBLEMS;

PIXELS;

FORECASTING;

MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 81055156010     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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