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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452147003321

Titolo

Completing the forecast [[electronic resource] ] : characterizing and communicating uncertainty for better decisions using weather and climate forecasts / / Committee on Estimating and Communicating Uncertainty in Weather and Climate Forecasts, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-70490-X

9786610704903

0-309-66261-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Disciplina

551.63

Soggetti

Weather

Weather forecasting

Climatic changes - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references (p. 102-106)

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Uncertainty in Decision Making""; ""3 Estimating and Validating Uncertainty""; ""4 Communicating Forecast Uncertainty""; ""5 Overarching Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Acronyms and Initialisms""; ""Appendix B List of Presenters and Other Contributors to the Study Process""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""