A refined index of model performance

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2088-2094

  Willmott, Cort J ^a   Robeson, Scott M ^b   Matsuura, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy indices; Model performance statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY INDEX; COVARIATION; INDEX OF AGREEMENTS; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NEW INDICES; STATISTICAL INDICES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867999784     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2419     Document Type: Article

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