| ndts | Number of dates over which to look for forecast analogs |
| nalg | Number of forecast analogs |
| nobs | Number of obs to use to bias correcting each grid point |
| tolin | Definition of an analog (+/- tolin deg C) |
| limin | Maximum depature of forecast from observation, as an additional QC check |
| max_dist | Maximum distance from a grid point to look for an obs [km] |
| max_elev_diff | Maximum elevation difference between an obs and a grid point |
| ngood | Number of good obs on which verification stats are calculated |
| mae_nobc | MAE of uncorrected forecasts |
| mae_bc | MAE of bias corrected forecasts |
| me_nobc | ME of uncorrected forecasts |
| me_bc | ME of bias corrected forecasts |
| hpf | help fraction ( > 0.5 deg help) |
| htf | hurt fraction ( > 0.5 deg hurt) |
| mae_improve | % improvement of MAE of bc forecasts over uncorrected forecasts |