Bias Correction notation
ndtsNumber of dates over which to look for forecast analogs
nalgNumber of forecast analogs
nobsNumber of obs to use to bias correcting each grid point
tolinDefinition of an analog (+/- tolin deg C)
liminMaximum depature of forecast from observation, as an additional QC check
max_distMaximum distance from a grid point to look for an obs [km]
max_elev_diffMaximum elevation difference between an obs and a grid point

Verification notation
ngoodNumber of good obs on which verification stats are calculated
mae_nobcMAE of uncorrected forecasts
mae_bcMAE of bias corrected forecasts
me_nobcME of uncorrected forecasts
me_bcME of bias corrected forecasts
hpfhelp fraction ( > 0.5 deg help)
htfhurt fraction ( > 0.5 deg hurt)
mae_improve% improvement of MAE of bc forecasts over uncorrected forecasts


Last modified: Tue Feb 14 16:57:42 PST 2006