Statistics for the Evaluation and Comparison of Models
Issue Date
1985-09Author
Willmott, Cort J.
Ackleson, Steven G.
Davis, Robert E.
Feddema, Johannes J.
Klink, Katherine M.
Legates, David R.
O'Donnell, James
Rowe, Clinton M.
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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Procedures that may be used to evaluate the operational performance of a wide spectrum of geophysical
models are introduced. Primarily using a complementary set of difference measures, both model
accuracy and precision can be meaningfully estimated, regardless of whether the model predictions are
manifesteda s scalars,d irections,o r vectors.I t is additionally suggestedth at the reliability of the accuracy
and precision measures can be determined from bootstrap estimates of confidence and significance.
Recommendedp roceduresa re illustrated with a comparativee valuation of two models that estimate
wind velocity over the South Atlantic Bight.
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Copyright 1985 by the American Geophysical Union.
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Willmott, C.J., S.G. Ackleson, R.E. Davis, J.J. Feddema, K.M. Klink, D.R. Legates, J. O'Donnell and C.M. Rowe (1985): Statistics for the Evaluation and Comparison of Models. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90(C5): 8995‑9005.
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