Forecast Verification: A Practitioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science - Couverture rigide

 
9780470660713: Forecast Verification: A Practitioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science
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ISBN 10 : 0470660716 ISBN 13 : 9780470660713
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2011

Synopsis

Forecast Verification: A Practioner's Guide in Atmospheric Science, 2nd Edition provides an indispensible guide to this area of active research by combining depth of information with a range of topics to appeal both to professional practitioners and researchers and postgraduates. The editors have succeeded in presenting chapters by a variety of the leading experts in the field while still retaining a cohesive and highly accessible style. The book balances explanations of concepts with clear and useful discussion of the main application areas.

Reviews of first edition:

"This book will provide a good reference, and I recommend it especially for developers and evaluators of statistical forecast systems." (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; April 2004)

"...a good mixture of theory and practical applications...well organized and clearly written..." (Royal Statistical Society, Vol.168, No.1, January 2005)

NEW to the second edition:

  • Completely updated chapter on the Verification of Spatial Forecasts taking account of the wealth of new research in the area
  • New separate chapters on Probability Forecasts and Ensemble Forecasts
  • Includes new chapter on Forecasts of Extreme Events and Warnings
  • Includes new chapter on Seasonal and Climate Forecasts
  • Includes new Appendix on Verification Software

Cover image credit: The triangle of barplots shows a novel use of colour for visualizing probability forecasts of ternary categories - see Fig 6b of Jupp et al. 2011, On the visualisation, verification and recalibration of ternary probabilistic forecasts, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (in press).

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À propos de l?auteur

Editors

Ian T. Jolliff e and David B. Stephenson, both at the University of Exeter, UK

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Éditeur
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0470660716
ISBN 13 
9780470660713
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
304
Éditeur
Jolliffe Ian T., Stephenson David B.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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