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Improving probabilistic weather forecasts using seasonally varying calibration parameters

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics 2007-05-23 v1
Authors: Stephen Jewson
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Abstract

We show that probabilistic weather forecasts of site specific temperatures can be dramatically improved by using seasonally varying rather than constant calibration parameters.

Keywords

weather prediction statistical algorithms time series analysis

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0402026,
  title  = {Improving probabilistic weather forecasts using seasonally varying calibration parameters},
  author = {Stephen Jewson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0402026},
  year   = {2007}
}

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