An experiment on risk-based decision-making in water management using monthly probabilistic forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 541-551

  Crochemore, Louise ^a   Ramos, Maria Helena ^a   Pappppenberger, Florian ^b   Van Andel, Schalk Jan ^c   Wood, Andrew W ^d  

^a Procédés biotechnologiques au service de l'environnement   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Water Education   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER MANAGEMENT;

PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; RISK BASED DECISION MAKING; ROLE PLAYING; SEQUENTIAL DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84971373612     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00270.1     Document Type: Article

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