phase1temp          package:ProbForecastGOP          R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     This data set gives the observed and the 48-hour forecast
     temperature  (in degree Celsius) at 0 hours GMT for 1092 stations
     located in the North  American Pacific Northwest during the period
     January-June 2000, as  provided by the Aviation (AVN) member of
     the University of Washington  MM5 Mesoscale Ensemble.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(phase1temp)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A matrix with 56489 rows and 6 columns. The columns are:

     _date.obs_ a numeric vector giving the date of observations in the
      YYYYMMDDHH format.

     _name.stat_ a character string giving the identifier of the 
     metereological stations.

     _lon.stat_ a numeric vector giving the longitudes of the 
     metereological stations.

     _lat.stat_ a numeric vector giving the latitudes of the 
     metereological stations.

     _forecast_ a numeric vector giving the 48-hr temperature forecasts
     as  provided by the Aviation (AVN) member of the University of
     Washington MM5  ensemble.

     _obs_ a numeric vector giving the observed temperatures.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Gel, Y., Raftery, A. E., Gneiting, T. (2004). Calibrated 
     mesoscale weather field forecasting: The Geostatistical Output 
     Perturbation (GOP) method (with discussion). _Journal of the
     American  Statistical Association_, *Vol. 99 (467),* 575-583.

     Grimit, E. P., Mass, C. F. (2002). Initial results of a mesoscale 
     short-range ensemble forecasting system over the Pacific
     Northwest.  _Weather and Forecasting_ *17*, 192-205.

