A long-term assessment of precipitation forecast skill using the Fractions Skill Score

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-186

  Mittermaier, Marion ^a   Roberts, Nigel ^a   Thompson, Simon A ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution NWP; Long term monitoring against radar; Spatial verification methods, precipitation

Indexed keywords

RADAR; RAIN;

CONTINUOUS MODELING; DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS; EQUITABLE THREAT SCORE; HIGH-RESOLUTION NWP; LONG TERM MONITORING; PRECIPITATION FORECAST; SPATIAL VERIFICATIONS; SURFACE PARAMETER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; THRESHOLD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84867969976     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.296     Document Type: Article

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