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Comments on ‘The quality and accuracy of a sample of public and commercial weather forecasts in the UK’

✍ Scribed by Allan H. Murphy; J E Thornes

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
291 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
1350-4827

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Comments on 'The quality and accuracy of a sample of public and commercial weather forecasts in the UK I would like to offer some comments on the recent paper by J E Thornes entitled 'The quality and accuracy of a sample of public and commercial weather forecasts in the UK' (Meteorol. Appf., 3: 6-74). Although many comments could be made, the writer has restricted himself to a few points that appear to warrant particular attention.

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