Open AccessComparing NWS PoP Forecasts to Third-Party Providers
Author(s) -
J. Eric Bickel,
Eric Floehr,
Seong Dae Kim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
monthly weather review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.862
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1520-0493
pISSN - 0027-0644
DOI - 10.1175/2011mwr3525.1
Subject(s) - national weather service , environmental science , meteorology , climatology , precipitation , service provider , lead time , service (business) , business , geography , geology , marketing
In this paper, the authors verify probability of precipitation (PoP) forecasts provided by the National Weather Service (NWS), The Weather Channel (TWC), and CustomWeather (CW). The n-day-ahead forecasts,wherenrangesfrom1to3fortheNWS,from1to9forTWC,andfrom1to14forCW,areanalyzed.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom