A weather and climate enterprise strategic implementation plan for generating and communicating forecast uncertainty information

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1651-1666

  Hirschberg, Paul A ^a   Abrams, Elliot ^b   Bleistein, Andrea ^a   Bua, William ^c   Delle Monache, Luca ^d   Dulong, Thomas W ^a   Gaynor, John E ^a   Glahn, Bob ^a   Hamill, Thomas M ^e   Hansen, James A ^f   Hilderbrand, Douglas C ^a   Hoffman, Ross N ^g   Morrow, Betty Hearn ^h   Philips, Brenda ⁱ   Sokich, John ^a   Stuart, Neil ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AccuWeather Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h SocResearch Miami   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE MODELS; ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; ROAD-MAPS; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; STRATEGIC GOALS; UNCERTAINTY INFORMATIONS; WEATHER ELEMENTS;

INDUSTRY; MAPS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84855817688     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00073.1     Document Type: Article

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