Why should ensemble spread match the RMSE of the ensemble mean?

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1708-1713

  Fortin, Vincent ^a   Abaza, M ^b   Anctil, F ^b   Turcotte, R ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ensembles; Forecast verification skill; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919914244     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0008.1     Document Type: Article

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