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Calibrating probabilistic forecasts from an NWP ensemble

Thomas NipenUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaCorrespondencee-mail: [email protected]
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Roland StullUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pages 858-875 | Received 12 Dec 2010, Accepted 21 Jun 2011, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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